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title: "Sunderkand Doha 23"
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# Sunderkand · Doha 23

**चौ०** 
> राम चरन पंकज उर धरहू। लंका अचल राजु तुम्ह करहू॥  
> रिषि पुलस्ति जसु बिमल मयंका। तेहि ससि महुँ जनि होहु कलंका॥१॥

**चौ०** 
> राम नाम बिनु गिरा न सोहा। देखु बिचारि त्यागि मद मोहा॥  
> बसन हीन नहिं सोह सुरारी। सब भूषन भूषित बर नारी॥२॥

**चौ०** 
> राम बिमुख संपति प्रभुताई। जाइ रही पाई बिनु पाई॥  
> सजल मूल जिन्ह सरितन्ह नाहीं। बरषि गएँ पुनि तबहिं सुखाहीं॥३॥

**चौ०** 
> सुनु दसकंठ कहउँ पन रोपी। बिमुख राम त्राता नहिं कोपी॥  
> संकर सहस बिष्नु अज तोही। सकहिं न राखि राम कर द्रोही॥४॥

Meaning: “Install the image of Śrī Rāma’s lotus feet in your heart and enjoy uninterrupted sovereignty of Laṅkā. The glory of sage Pulastya (your grandfather) shines like the clear moon without its spot; be not a blot in that moon. (1)

“Speech is charmless without Śrī Rāma’s name. Ponder and see for yourself, casting aside arrogance and infatuation. A fair lady without clothes, O enemy of gods, does not commend herself even though adorned with all kinds of jewels. (2)

“The fortune and lordship of a man who is hostile to Śrī Rāma eventually leave him even if they stay awhile, and are as good as lost if acquired anew. Rivers that have no perennial source get dried up as soon as the rains are over. (3)

“Listen, O ten-headed Rāvaṇa, I tell you on oath: there is none to save him who is opposed to Śrī Rāma. ‘Śaṅkara, Viṣṇu and Brahmā* in their thousands will be unable to protect you, an enemy of Śrī Rāma. (4)

* Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva are spoken of here as part manifestations of the Supreme Deity, responsible for the creation etc., of only one of the countless millions of universes ruled over by Śrī Rāma, who represents the Supreme Deity.

**दो०** 
> मोहमूल बहु सूल प्रद त्यागहु तम अभिमान।  
> भजहु राम रघुनायक कृपा सिंधु भगवान॥२३॥

Meaning: “Abandon pride, which is the same as Tamoguṇa (darkness), rooted as it is in ignorance and is a source of considerable pain; and adore Lord Śrī Rāma, the Chief of the Raghus and an ocean of compassion.” (23)

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