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title: "Kishkindha Kand Doha 6"
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# Kishkindha Kand · Doha 6

**चौ०** 
> नाथ बालि अरु मैं द्वौ भाई। प्रीति रही कछु बरनि न जाई॥  
> मयसुत मायावी तेहि नाऊँ। आवा सो प्रभु हमरें गाऊँ॥१॥

**चौ०** 
> अर्ध राति पुर द्वार पुकारा। बाली रिपु बल सहइ न पारा॥  
> धावा बालि देखि सो भागा। मैं पुनि गयउँ बंधु सँग लागा॥२॥

**चौ०** 
> गिरिबर गुहाँ पैठ सो जाई। तब बाली मोहि कहा बुझाई॥  
> परिखेसु मोहि एक पखवारा। नहिं आवौं तब जानेसु मारा॥३॥

**चौ०** 
> मास दिवस तहँ रहेउँ खरारी। निसरी रुधिर धार तहँ भारी॥  
> बालि हतेसि मोहि मारिहि आई। सिला देइ तहँ चलेउँ पराई॥४॥

**चौ०** 
> मंत्रिन्ह पुर देखा बिनु साईं। दीन्हेउ मोहि राज बरिआईं॥  
> बाली ताहि मारि गृह आवा। देखि मोहि जियँ भेद बढ़ावा॥५॥

**चौ०** 
> रिपु सम मोहि मारेसि अति भारी। हरि लीन्हेसि सर्बसु अरु नारी॥  
> ताकें भय रघुबीर कृपाला। सकल भुवन मैं फिरेउँ बिहाला॥६॥

**चौ०** 
> इहाँ साप बस आवत नाहीं। तदपि सभीत रहउँ मन माहीं॥  
> सुनि सेवक दुख दीनदयाला। फरकि उठीं द्वै भुजा बिसाला॥७॥

Meaning: “My lord, Bāli and myself are two brothers. The affection that existed between us was all past telling. Once upon a time, O lord, the son of the demon Maya, who was known by the name of Māyāvī, came to our town, Kiṣkindhā. (1)

“At dead of night he called out at the gate of the town. Bāli could not brook the enemy’s challenge to a bout and sallied forth to meet him. But when the demon saw Bāli coming, he took to flight. I, too, had accompanied my brother. (2)

“The enemy went and entered the cave of a big mountain. Then Bāli gave instructions to me, ‘Await my return till a fortnight. If I do not return, then take me as slain.’ (3)

“When I had waited there for a month, O slayer of Khara, a copious stream of blood issued from the cave. I, therefore, thought that the demon had slain Bāli and that he would come and kill me, too. Accordingly I blocked the mouth of the cave with a rock and fled away. (4)

“When the ministers saw the town without a master, they compelled me to accept the throne. Meanwhile, Bāli, who had killed the enemy, returned home and when he saw me installed on the throne, he gave rise to extreme enmity against me in his heart. (5)

“He gave me a most severe beating as to an enemy and robbed me of all that I had, including my wife. For fear of him, O gracious Śrī Raghuvīra, I wandered all over the world in a pitiable condition. (6)

“A curse* prevents him from coming over here; yet I remain ill-at-ease in mind.” When the gracious Lord heard of His devotee’s distress, both His long arms started throbbing (thus showing His martial spirit as well as His determination to punish Bāli). (7)

* The demon Māyāvī had a younger brother, Dundubhi by name. Dundubhi too had, on a previous occasion, attacked Bāli in the form of a buffalo and was slain by him. Bāli hurled the gigantic corpse of the buffalo to a distance of eight miles from his capital. A few drops of blood, however, fell from its mouth on the hermitage of sage Mataṅga on the Ṛṣyamūka hill. This enraged the Ṛṣi, who pronounced a curse that whoever had desecrated his hermitage by spilling blood there would have his head shattered to pieces if he dared approach the precincts of his hermitage.

**दो०** 
> सुनु सुग्रीव मारिहउँ बालिहि एकहिं बान।  
> ब्रह्म रुद्र सरनागत गएँ न उबरिहिं प्रान॥६॥

Meaning: “Listen, Sugrīva: I will kill Bāli with a single arrow. His life will not be saved even if he takes refuge with Brahmā (the Creator) or Rudra (Lord Śiva). (6)

Previous: https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/kishkindha-kand/doha-5  
Kand: https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/kishkindha-kand  
Next: https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/kishkindha-kand/doha-7

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