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# Ayodhya Kand · Doha 61

**चौ०** 
> मातु समीप कहत सकुचाहीं। बोले समउ समुझि मन माहीं॥  
> राजकुमारि सिखावनु सुनहू। आन भाँति जियँ जनि कछु गुनहू॥१॥

**चौ०** 
> आपन मोर नीक जौं चहहू। बचनु हमार मानि गृह रहहू॥  
> आयसु मोर सासु सेवकाई। सब बिधि भामिनि भवन भलाई॥२॥

**चौ०** 
> एहि ते अधिक धरमु नहिं दूजा। सादर सासु ससुर पद पूजा॥  
> जब जब मातु करिहि सुधि मोरी। होइहि प्रेम बिकल मति भोरी॥३॥

**चौ०** 
> तब तब तुम्ह कहि कथा पुरानी। सुंदरि समुझाएहु मृदु बानी॥  
> कहउँ सुभायँ सपथ सत मोही। सुमुखि मातु हित राखउँ तोही॥४॥

Meaning: Even though He hesitated in speaking to Her in the presence of His mother, He realized within Himself the urgency of the situation and said, “Listen to my advice, O princess, and do not misunderstand me; (1)

“If you wish well of me as well as of yourself, please accept my suggestion and stay at home. You will be obeying me, rendering service to your mother-in-law as also by remaining at home, O good lady, you will be benefited in every way. (2)

“For a woman there is no other duty more sacred than reverently adoring the feet of her parents-in-law. Whenever my mother thinks of me and feeling disconsolate due to her love for me loses her poise, (3)

“do you console her, my love, with soothing words by narrating old legends to her. I tell you sincerely and solemnly: it is for my mother’s sake, O charming lady, that I leave you here. (4)

**दो०** 
> गुर श्रुति संमत धरम फलु पाइअ बिनहिं कलेस।  
> हठ बस सब संकट सहे गालव नहुष नरेस॥६१॥

Meaning: “By staying at home in deference to my wishes you will easily obtain the reward of virtue approved of by one’s elders and the Vedas; whereas by giving themselves over to obduracy sage Gālava*, King Nahuṣa† and all others suffered great hardships. (61)

* Gālava was a pupil of the celebrated sage Viśvāmitra. When he was about to leave his Guru after completing his studies, he requested the latter to ask something by way of the preceptor’s fee (Gurudakṣiṇā). Viśvāmitra would ask nothing; but Gālava persisted in importuning him. At last, in order to get rid of his obstinate student, the sage Viśvāmitra ordered him to get for him a thousand snow-white horses with dark ears. Gālava had to experience a good deal of trouble in procuring this rare breed of horses.

† King Nahuṣa was a pious and illustrious ruler. When Indra, the lord of paradise, slew the demon Vṛtra (who was a Brāhmaṇa by birth) he incurred the sin of having killed a Brāhmaṇa and out of shame hid himself in the Mānasarovara lake. Finding themselves without a king, the gods installed King Nahuṣa on the throne of lndra and proclaimed him as their ruler. Nahuṣa once beheld Indra’s wife and, enamoured of her beauty, longed to take her as his. Śaci, who was noted for her fidelity to her husband, did not approve of Nahuṣa’s overtures and approached the sage Bṛhaspati (the preceptor of gods) for protection. The gods and sages thereupon expostulated with Nahuṣa and tried to dissuade him but in vain. According to Bṛhaspati’s advice Śaci then offered to accept Nahuṣa as her husband if the latter rode to her on a palanquin carried by sages. Nahuṣa, who was blinded by passion and was bent on having her as his wife at all costs, gladly agreed and prevailed on the sages to carry him on their shoulders. As the sages, who got tired very soon, were proceeding rather slowly, Nahuṣa spurred them on and while doing so kicked the sage Agastya, and the latter pronounced a curse upon him that he should take the form of a python.

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