Doha 256
सखि सब कौतुकु देखनिहारे। जेउ कहावत हितू हमारे॥ कोउ न बुझाइ कहइ गुर पाहीं। ए बालक असि हठ भलि नाहीं॥१॥
रावन बान छुआ नहिं चापा। हारे सकल भूप करि दापा॥ सो धनु राजकुअँर कर देहीं। बाल मराल कि मंदर लेहीं॥२॥
भूप सयानप सकल सिरानी। सखि बिधि गति कछु जाति न जानी॥ बोली चतुर सखी मृदु बानी। तेजवंत लघु गनिअ न रानी॥३॥
कहँ कुंभज कहँ सिंधु अपारा। सोषेउ सुजसु सकल संसारा॥ रबि मंडल देखत लघु लागा। उदयँ तासु तिभुवन तम भागा॥४॥
Meaning
“Whosoever are called our friends, dear ones, are mere spectators of a show; no one urges the preceptor, Viśvāmitra, and tells him that he (Śrī Rāma) is yet adolescent and that such persistence on his (Rāma’s) part is not desirable, (1) “knowing that Rāvaṇa and Bāṇāsura did not even touch the bow and that all other kings were worsted in spite of all their boasts, strange that sage Viśvāmitra should give the same bow into the hands of this young prince; can cygnets ever lift Mount Mandara? (2) “Good sense has taken leave of the king; and one does not know the dispensation of Providence, dear ones.” One of her sharp-witted companions gently replied, “The glorious are not to be lightly regarded, O queen. (3) “What comparison is there between the Sage Agastya, who was born of a jar, and the vast ocean? Yet the sage drained it dry, and his good fame has spread throughout the world. The orb of the sun is so small to look at, but the moment it rises, the darkness of all the three worlds disappears. (4)
मंत्र परम लघु जासु बस बिधि हरि हर सुर सर्ब। महामत्त गजराज कहुँ बस कर अंकुस खर्ब॥२५६॥
Meaning
“A sacred formula, indeed, is very small, although it has under its sway Brahmā, Hari, Hara and all other gods. A tiny goad governs the mightiest and most furious elephant. (256)
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