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title: "Bal Kand Doha 17"
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# Bal Kand · Doha 17

**चौ०** 
> प्रनवउँ परिजन सहित बिदेहू। जाहि राम पद गूढ़ सनेहू॥  
> जोग भोग महँ राखेउ गोई। राम बिलोकत प्रगटेउ सोई॥१॥

**चौ०** 
> प्रनवउँ प्रथम भरत के चरना। जासु नेम ब्रत जाइ न बरना॥  
> राम चरन पंकज मन जासू। लुबुध मधुप इव तजइ न पासू॥२॥

**चौ०** 
> बंदउँ लछिमन पद जलजाता। सीतल सुभग भगत सुखदाता॥  
> रघुपति कीरति बिमल पताका। दंड समान भयउ जस जाका॥३॥

**चौ०** 
> सेष सहस्रसीस जग कारन। जो अवतरेउ भूमि भय टारन॥  
> सदा सो सानुकूल रह मो पर। कृपासिंधु सौमित्रि गुनाकर॥४॥

**चौ०** 
> रिपुसूदन पद कमल नमामी। सूर सुसील भरत अनुगामी॥  
> महाबीर बिनवउँ हनुमाना। राम जासु जस आप बखाना॥५॥

Meaning: I make obeisance to king Janaka, alongwith his family, who bore affection for the feet of Śrī Rāma. Even though he had veiled it under the cloak of Yoga (of self-abnegation) and opulence, it broke out the moment he saw Śrī Rāma. (1)

Of Śrī Rāma’s brothers, I bow first of all to the feet of Bharata, whose self-discipline and religious austerity beggar description and whose mind thirsts for the lotus feet of Śrī Rāma like a bee and never leaves their closeness. (2)

I reverence the lotus feet of Lakṣmaṇa—cool and charming and a source of delight to the devotees—whose renown served as a staff for hoisting the spotless flag of Śrī Rāma’s glory. (3)

He is no other than the thousand-headed serpent-god, Śeṣa, the support of the universe, who incarnated to dispel the fear of the earth. May that son of Sumitrā, Lakṣmaṇa, an ocean of benevolence and a mine of virtues, be ever propitious to me. (4)

I adore the lotus-feet of Śatrughna (lit., the slayer of his foes), who is valiant yet amiable in disposition, and a constant companion of Bharata. I supplicate Hanumān, the great hero, whose glory has been extolled by Śrī Rāma Himself. (5)

**सो०** 
> प्रनवउँ पवनकुमार खल बन पावक ग्यान घन।  
> जासु हृदय आगार बसहिं राम सर चाप धर॥१७॥

Meaning: I greet Hanumān, the son of the wind-god, an embodiment of wisdom, who is fire, as it were, for the forest of the wicked, and in the abode of whose heart resides Śrī Rāma, wielding a bow and arrows. (17)

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