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# Bal Kand · Doha 204

**चौ०** 
> बालचरित अति सरल सुहाए। सारद सेष संभु श्रुति गाए॥  
> जिन्ह कर मन इन्ह सन नहिं राता। ते जन बंचित किए बिधाता॥१॥

**चौ०** 
> भए कुमार जबहिं सब भ्राता। दीन्ह जनेऊ गुरु पितु माता॥  
> गुरगृहँ गए पढ़न रघुराई। अलप काल बिद्या सब आई॥२॥

**चौ०** 
> जाकी सहज स्वास श्रुति चारी। सो हरि पढ़ यह कौतुक भारी॥  
> बिद्या बिनय निपुन गुन सीला। खेलहिं खेल सकल नृप लीला॥३॥

**चौ०** 
> करतल बान धनुष अति सोहा। देखत रूप चराचर मोहा॥  
> जिन्ह बीथिन्ह बिहरहिं सब भाई। थकित होहिं सब लोग लुगाई॥४॥

Meaning: His charming and most innocent childlike sports have been sung by Sarasvatī, Śeṣa, Śiva and the Vedas. Those whose mind does not take delight in these sports have been deprived by Providence of a great good fortune. (1)

When all the four brothers attained boyhood, the preceptor as well as their parents invested them with the sacred thread. Śrī Raghunātha (with His brothers) then proceeded to His preceptor’s hermitage for study and in a short time mastered all the branches of knowledge. (2)

What a great wonder that Śrī Hari, whose natural breath stands crystallized in the form of the four Vedas, should go to school! Proficient in learning and perfect in politeness, virtues and decorum, all the four brothers played games imitating the role of kings. (3)

With an arrow and bow in the hands of each, they appeared most charming; their beauty enraptured the whole creation, both animate and inanimate. Through whichever street the four brothers passed in pursuit of their sport, all the men and women there stood motionless on looking at them. (4)

**दो०** 
> कोसलपुर बासी नर नारि बृद्ध अरु बाल।  
> प्रानहु ते प्रिय लागत सब कहुँ राम कृपाल॥२०४॥

Meaning: The people of Ayodhyā, men and women, elderly people as well as children, all held the gracious Śrī Rāma dearer than life. (204)

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