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# Ayodhya Kand · Doha 60

Dialogue between Sītā and Śrī Rāma

**चौ०** 
> बन हित कोल किरात किसोरी। रचीं बिरंचि बिषय सुख भोरी॥  
> पाहनकृमि जिमि कठिन सुभाऊ। तिन्हहि कलेसु न कानन काऊ॥१॥

**चौ०** 
> कै तापस तिय कानन जोगू। जिन्ह तप हेतु तजा सब भोगू॥  
> सिय बन बसिहि तात केहि भाँती। चित्रलिखित कपि देखि डेराती॥२॥

**चौ०** 
> सुरसर सुभग बनज बन चारी। डाबर जोगु कि हंसकुमारी॥  
> अस बिचारि जस आयसु होई। मैं सिख देउँ जानकिहि सोई॥३॥

**चौ०** 
> जौं सिय भवन रहै कह अंबा। मोहि कहँ होइ बहुत अवलंबा॥  
> सुनि रघुबीर मातु प्रिय बानी। सील सनेह सुधाँ जनु सानी॥४॥

Meaning: “For residing in the forest God has created Kola* and Kirāta girls, who are unaware of sensuous pleasures. Adamantine by nature like the insect living on stone, they never experience any hardship in the woods. (1)

* The names of two well-known hilly tribes.

“Another class fit for the forest are the hermit-women, who have renounced all pleasures for the sake of penance. But how, my son, will Sītā live in the forest—she who gets frightened to see even the picture of a monkey? (2)

“Is a female cygnet, who disports in the lovely lotus-beds of the Mānasa lake, fit for a muddy puddle? First ponder this; then as you order I will instruct Jānakī accordingly.(3)

“If she stays at home,” the mother continued, “that will mean a great solace to me.” When Śrī Raghunātha heard this endearing speech of His mother, imbued as it was with the nectar of grace and affection— (4)

**दो०** 
> कहि प्रिय बचन बिबेकमय कीन्हि मातु परितोष।  
> लगे प्रबोधन जानकिहि प्रगटि बिपिन गुन दोष॥६०॥

Meaning: He comforted His mother by addressing tender and dispassionate words to her; and then He started exhorting Jānakī by narrating to Her the advantages and disadvantages of forest life. (60)

[PAUSE 14 FOR A THIRTY-DAY RECITATION]

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