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# Ayodhya Kand · Doha 40

**चौ०** 
> सूखहिं अधर जरइ सबु अंगू। मनहुँ दीन मनिहीन भूअंगू॥  
> सरुष समीप दीखि कैकेई। मानहुँ मीचु घरीं गनि लेई॥१॥

**चौ०** 
> करुनामय मृदु राम सुभाऊ। प्रथम दीख दुखु सुना न काऊ॥  
> तदपि धीर धरि समउ बिचारी। पूँछी मधुर बचन महतारी॥२॥

**चौ०** 
> मोहि कहु मातु तात दुख कारन। करिअ जतन जेहिं होइ निवारन॥  
> सुनहु राम सबु कारनु एहू। राजहि तुम्ह पर बहुत सनेहू॥३॥

**चौ०** 
> देन कहेन्हि मोहि दुइ बरदाना। मागेउँ जो कछु मोहि सोहाना॥  
> सो सुनि भयउ भूप उर सोचू। छाड़ि न सकहिं तुम्हार सँकोचू॥४॥

Meaning: The King’s lips got parched and his whole frame burned; he looked like a helpless snake bereft of the gem on its hood. The Lord beheld by the side of His father angry Kaikeyī, who stood there like Death personified, counting the last minutes of his life.(1)

Śrī Rāma was compassionate and soft by nature; He witnessed sorrow for the first time in His life; He had never heard of it before. Yet, recovering Himself as the occasion demanded, addressed mother Kaikeyī in the following sweet words: (2)

“Tell me, dear mother, the cause of my father’s distress, so that an attempt may be made to redress it.” “Listen, Rāma, the sole cause is this: the king is very fond of you. (3)

“He had promised me two boons of my choice and I asked whatever I liked. The king, however, was stricken with grief to hear my request; for he cannot shake off his sensitivity on your score. (4)

**दो०** 
> सुत सनेहु इत बचनु उत संकट परेउ नरेसु।  
> सकहु त आयसु धरहु सिर मेटहु कठिन कलेसु॥४०॥

Meaning: “Love for his son on one side and his plighted word on the other: The king is placed on the horns of a dilemma. Obey his command, if you can, and rid him of a severe mental torture.” (40)

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