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title: "Bal Kand Doha 122"
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# Bal Kand · Doha 122

**चौ०** 
> सोइ जस गाइ भगत भव तरहीं। कृपासिंधु जन हित तनु धरहीं॥  
> राम जनम के हेतु अनेका। परम बिचित्र एक तें एका॥१॥

**चौ०** 
> जनम एक दुइ कहउँ बखानी। सावधान सुनु सुमति भवानी॥  
> द्वारपाल हरि के प्रिय दोऊ। जय अरु बिजय जान सब कोऊ॥२॥

**चौ०** 
> बिप्र श्राप तें दूनउ भाई। तामस असुर देह तिन्ह पाई॥  
> कनककसिपु अरु हाटकलोचन। जगत बिदित सुरपति मद मोचन॥३॥

**चौ०** 
> बिजई समर बीर बिख्याता। धरि बराह बपु एक निपाता॥  
> होइ नरहरि दूसर पुनि मारा। जन प्रहलाद सुजस बिस्तारा॥४॥

Meaning: “Singing this glory the devotees cross the ocean of mundane existence; it is for the sake of His devotees that the compassionate Lord bodies Himself forth. The motives of Śrī Rāma’s birth are many, each one more amazing than the other. (1)

“I will refer to one or two such births in some detail; please listen attentively, O sagacious Bhavānī. Śrī Hari has two favourite gate-keepers, Jaya and Vijaya, who are known to everybody. (2)

“Due to the curse of Brāhmaṇas (Sanaka and his three brothers) both these brothers were born in the accursed species of demons. One of them was known as Hiraṇyakaśipu and the other as Hiraṇyākṣa. They became known throughout the universe as the quellers of the pride of lndra (the chief of gods). (3)

“Both of them were celebrated heroes, who came out victorious in battle. The Lord assumed the form of a Boar in order to kill one of the two brothers (viz., Hiraṇyākṣa); while bodying Himself forth as a Man-Lion, He killed the other (Hiraṇyakaśipu) and spread the fair renown of His devotee, Prahlāda (Hiraṇyakaśipu’s son). (4)

**दो०** 
> भए निसाचर जाइ तेइ महाबीर बलवान।  
> कुंभकरन रावन सुभट सुर बिजई जग जान॥१२२॥

Meaning: “It is these two brothers that were born again as the powerful and most valiant Rākṣasas—Rāvaṇa and Kumbhakarṇa, who were great warriors and, as all the world knows, conquered even gods. (122)

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