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# Bal Kand · Doha 222

**चौ०** 
> देखि राम छबि कोउ एक कहई। जोगु जानकिहि यह बरु अहई॥  
> जौं सखि इन्हहि देख नरनाहू। पन परिहरि हठि करइ बिबाहू॥१॥

**चौ०** 
> कोउ कह ए भूपति पहिचाने। मुनि समेत सादर सनमाने॥  
> सखि परंतु पनु राउ न तजई। बिधि बस हठि अबिबेकहि भजई॥२॥

**चौ०** 
> कोउ कह जौं भल अहइ बिधाता। सब कहँ सुनिअ उचित फलदाता॥  
> तौ जानकिहि मिलिहि बरु एहू। नाहिन आलि इहाँ संदेहू॥३॥

**चौ०** 
> जौं बिधि बस अस बनै सँजोगू। तौ कृतकृत्य होइ सब लोगू॥  
> सखि हमरें आरति अति तातें। कबहुँक ए आवहिं एहि नातें॥४॥

Meaning: Beholding Śrī Rāma’s beauty someone said, “Here is a bridegroom worthy of Princess Jānakī. If the king does but see him, friends, I am sure he will abandon his vow and perforce arrange their marriage.” (1)

Said another, “The king has come to know them and has received them as well as the sage with all honour. But the king, my dear, refuses to give up his vow and, as Fate would have it, he is adamant in his fallacy.” (2)

Yet another said, “If providence is good and, as we are told, gives everyone his due, then Jānakī is sure to have him as her bridegroom. About this, my dear, there can be no doubt. (3)

“If such a union is brought about by Providence, everyone will feel blessed. My impatience, friend, is getting more and more acute by the thought that this alliance will oblige him to visit this place again. (4)

**दो०** 
> नाहिं त हम कहुँ सुनहु सखि इन्ह कर दरसनु दूरि।  
> यह संघटु तब होइ जब पुन्य पुराकृत भूरि॥२२२॥

Meaning: “Otherwise, my dear, it is out of question for us, I tell you, to see Him again. Such propitious occasion can take place only when we have a rich stock of merit accumulated in our previous births.” (222)

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