Doha 252
कहहु काहि यहु लाभु न भावा। काहुँ न संकर चाप चढ़ावा॥ रहउ चढ़ाउब तोरब भाई। तिलु भरि भूमि न सके छड़ाई॥१॥
अब जनि कोउ माखै भट मानी। बीर बिहीन मही मैं जानी॥ तजहु आस निज निज गृह जाहू। लिखा न बिधि बैदेहि बिबाहू॥२॥
सुकृतु जाइ जौं पनु परिहरऊँ। कुअँरि कुआरि रहउ का करऊँ॥ जौं जनतेउँ बिनु भट भुबि भाई। तौ पनु करि होतेउँ न हँसाई॥ ३॥
जनक बचन सुनि सब नर नारी। देखि जानकिहि भए दुखारी॥ माखे लखनु कुटिल भइँ भौंहें। रदपट फरकत नयन रिसौंहें॥ ४॥
Meaning
“Tell me, who would not have this prize? But none could string the bow. Let alone stringing or breaking it, there was not one, brothers, who could budge it even a grain’s breadth from its place. (1) “Now no one who prides on his valour should feel offended if I assert that there is no hero left on earth. Give up all hope and turn your faces homewards. It is not the will of Providence that Sītā should be married. (2) “All my religious merit shall be gone if I relinquish my vow. The princess must remain a maiden; what can I do? Had I known, brothers, that there are no more heroes in the world, I would not have made myself a laughing-stock by undertaking such a vow.” (3) All who heard Janaka’s words, men and women alike, felt distressed at the sight of Jānakī. Lakṣmaṇa, however, got incensed: his eyebrows were knit, his lips quivered and his eyes shot fire. (4)
कहि न सकत रघुबीर डर लगे बचन जनु बान। नाइ राम पद कमल सिरु बोले गिरा प्रमान॥२५२॥
Meaning
For fear of Śrī Rāma he could not speak, though Janaka’s words pierced his breast like an arrow; yet at last, bowing his head at Śrī Rāma’s lotus-feet he spoke words which were impregnated with truth: (252)
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