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# Ayodhya Kand · Doha 295

**चौ०** 
> सुरन्ह सुमिरि सारदा सराही। देबि देव सरनागत पाही॥  
> फेरि भरत मति करि निज माया। पालु बिबुध कुल करि छल छाया॥१॥

**चौ०** 
> बिबुध बिनय सुनि देबि सयानी। बोली सुर स्वारथ जड़ जानी॥  
> मो सन कहहु भरत मति फेरू। लोचन सहस न सूझ सुमेरू॥२॥

**चौ०** 
> बिधि हरि हर माया बड़ि भारी। सोउ न भरत मति सकइ निहारी॥  
> सो मति मोहि कहत करु भोरी। चंदिनि कर कि चंडकर चोरी॥३॥

**चौ०** 
> भरत हृदयँ सिय राम निवासू। तहँ कि तिमिर जहँ तरनि प्रकासू॥  
> अस कहि सारद गइ बिधि लोका। बिबुध बिकल निसि मानहुँ कोका॥४॥

Meaning: The gods invoked goddess Sarasvatī and eulogized her. They said, “O goddess, we celestials have sought refuge in you; pray! protect us. Change Bharata’s mind by exerting your Māyā (deluding potency). The gods have surrendered to you and look to you for protection. Taking them in your soothing care, save them, using some deceptive trick.” (1)

When the wise goddess, Sarasvatī, heard the gods’ prayer, she understood that selfishness had robbed them of their senses, and accordingly replied (turning towards Indra in particular), “You ask me to mystify Bharata’s mind! It is a pity you cannot see Mount Meru even though you possess a thousand eyes. (2)

“The Māyā (deluding potency) even of Brahmā (the Creator), Hari (the Preserver) and Hara (the Destroyer of the universe), exceedingly powerful as it is, cannot even face Bharata’s mind. And yet you ask me to pervert it. What! Can the moonlight steal away the sun? (3)

“Bharata’s heart is the abode of Sītā and Śrī Rāma; can darkness enter where the sun shines?” So saying goddess Sarasvatī returned to Brahmā’s heaven, leaving the gods as dismayed as the Cakravāka bird at night. (4)

**दो०** 
> सुर स्वारथी मलीन मन कीन्ह कुमंत्र कुठाटु।  
> रचि प्रपंच माया प्रबल भय भ्रम अरति उचाटु॥२९५॥

Meaning: The gods, who were selfish by nature and malicious at heart, laid an ill-conceived plot and weaving a powerful net of deceptive artifice set up a wave of fear, confusion, vexation and ennui among the people of Ayodhyā. (295)

Previous: https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/ayodhya-kand/doha-294  
Kand: https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/ayodhya-kand  
Next: https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/ayodhya-kand/doha-296

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