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title: "Bal Kand Doha 11"
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# Bal Kand · Doha 11

**चौ०** 
> मनि मानिक मुकुता छबि जैसी। अहि गिरि गज सिर सोह न तैसी॥  
> नृप किरीट तरुनी तनु पाई। लहहिं सकल सोभा अधिकाई॥१॥

**चौ०** 
> तैसेहिं सुकबि कबित बुध कहहीं। उपजहिं अनत अनत छबि लहहीं॥  
> भगति हेतु बिधि भवन बिहाई। सुमिरत सारद आवति धाई॥२॥

**चौ०** 
> राम चरित सर बिनु अन्हवाएँ। सो श्रम जाइ न कोटि उपाएँ॥  
> कबि कोबिद अस हृदयँ बिचारी। गावहिं हरि जस कलि मल हारी॥३॥

**चौ०** 
> कीन्हें प्राकृत जन गुन गाना। सिर धुनि गिरा लगत पछिताना॥  
> हृदय सिंधु मति सीप समाना। स्वाति सारदा कहहिं सुजाना॥४॥

**चौ०** 
> जौं बरषइ बर बारि बिचारू। होहिं कबित मुकुतामनि चारू॥५॥

Meaning: The beauty of a gem, a ruby and a pearl does not look as attractive as it should so long as they are borne on the head of a serpent, the top of a mountain or the crown of an elephant. The charm of them all is enhanced when they adorn the diadem of a king or the person of a young lady. (1)

Even so, the wise say the outpourings of a good poet originate at one place (in the poet’s own mind) and exercise their charm elsewhere (on the mind of the admirer). Attracted by his devotion, Sarasvatī (the goddess of poetry) comes with all alacrity from the abode of Brahmā (the topmost heaven) at his very invocation. (2)

The fatigue of Sarasvatī occasioned by this long journey cannot be relieved by millions of devices unless she gets a dip in the lake of Śrī Rāma’s exploits. Realizing this in their heart, poets and wise men chant the glory of Śrī Hari alone, which wipes away the impurities of the Kali age. (3)

Finding the bard singing the glories of worldly men, Sarasvatī, the goddess of speech, begins to grieve and repent. The wise liken the heart of a poet to the sea, his intellect to the shell containing pearls and goddess Sarasvatī to the star called Svātī (the modern Arcturus, the fifteenth lunar asterism considered as favourable to the formation of pearls). (4)

If there is a shower in the form of beautiful ideas, lovely pearls make their appearance in the form of poetic effusions. (5)

**दो०** 
> जुगुति बेधि पुनि पोहिअहिं रामचरित बर ताग।  
> पहिरहिं सज्जन बिमल उर सोभा अति अनुराग॥११॥

Meaning: If those pearls are pierced with skill and strung together on the beautiful thread of Śrī Rāma’s exploits, and if noble souls wear them in their pure and pious heart, grace in the form of excessive fondness is the result. (11)

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