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# Bal Kand · Doha 282

**चौ०** 
> देखि कुठार बान धनु धारी। भै लरिकहि रिस बीरु बिचारी॥  
> नामु जान पै तुम्हहि न चीन्हा। बंस सुभायँ उतरु तेहिं दीन्हा॥१॥

**चौ०** 
> जौं तुम्ह औतेहु मुनि की नाईं। पद रज सिर सिसु धरत गोसाईं॥  
> छमहु चूक अनजानत केरी। चहिअ बिप्र उर कृपा घनेरी॥२॥

**चौ०** 
> हमहि तुम्हहि सरिबरि कसि नाथा। कहहु न कहाँ चरन कहँ माथा॥  
> राम मात्र लघु नाम हमारा। परसु सहित बड़ नाम तोहारा॥३॥

**चौ०** 
> देव एकु गुनु धनुष हमारें। नव गुन परम पुनीत तुम्हारें॥  
> सब प्रकार हम तुम्ह सन हारे। छमहु बिप्र अपराध हमारे॥४॥

Meaning: “Seeing you equipped with an axe, arrows and bow, the boy took you for a warrior-hero and got excited. Although he knew you by name, he did not recognize you in person and answered you according to his lineage. (1)

“If you had come as a sage, the child, O holy sir, would have placed the dust of your feet on his head. Forgive the error of one who did not know you; a Brāhmaṇa should have plenty of compassion in his heart. (2)

“What comparison, my lord, can there be between you and me? Tell me if there is any affinity between the head and feet. Mine is a small name consisting of the single word ‘Rāma’; whereas yours is a long one, having the word ‘Paraśu’ prefixed to ‘Rāma’. (3)

“Whereas my only asset is a bow, you are endowed with nine most sacred qualities, [viz., serenity, control of the senses, austerity, purity, forgiveness, straightforwardness, knowledge (Jñāna), wisdom (Vijñāna), belief in god.] (Gītā 18. 42). I thus stand defeated by you in every way; therefore, O holy Brāhmaṇa, forgive my faults.” (4)

**दो०** 
> बार बार मुनि बिप्रबर कहा राम सन राम।  
> बोले भृगुपति सरुष हसि तहूँ बंधु सम बाम॥२८२॥

Meaning: Again and again did Śrī Rāma address His namesake as a sage and as a great Brāhmaṇa, till Paraśurāma exclaimed in his fury, “You are as perverse as your younger brother! (282)

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