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title: "Sunderkand Doha 40"
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# Sunderkand · Doha 40

**चौ०** 
> माल्यवंत अति सचिव सयाना। तासु बचन सुनि अति सुख माना॥  
> तात अनुज तव नीति बिभूषन। सो उर धरहु जो कहत बिभीषन॥१॥

**चौ०** 
> रिपु उतकरष कहत सठ दोऊ। दूरि न करहु इहाँ हइ कोऊ॥  
> माल्यवंत गृह गयउ बहोरी। कहइ बिभीषनु पुनि कर जोरी॥२॥

**चौ०** 
> सुमति कुमति सब कें उर रहहीं। नाथ पुरान निगम अस कहहीं॥  
> जहाँ सुमति तहँ संपति नाना। जहाँ कुमति तहँ बिपति निदाना॥३॥

**चौ०** 
> तव उर कुमति बसी बिपरीता। हित अनहित मानहु रिपु प्रीता॥  
> कालराति निसिचर कुल केरी। तेहि सीता पर प्रीति घनेरी॥४॥

Meaning: Rāvaṇa had a very old and sagacious minister named Mālyavāna. He felt much gratified to hear Vibhīṣaṇa’s words. “Your younger brother, my dear, is the very ornament of wisdom. Therefore, abide by what Vibhīṣaṇa says.” (1)

“Both these fools glorify the enemy! Is there no one here who will remove them out of my sight?” Mālyavāna thereupon returned to his residence, while Vibhīṣaṇa began again with folded hands: (2)

“Sagacity and perversity dwell in the hearts of all : so declare the Purāṇas and Vedas, my lord. Where there is wisdom, prosperity of every kind reigns; and where there is depravity, misfortune is the inevitable result. (3)

“Perversity has obviously taken possession of your mind; that is why you account your friends as foes and your enemies as friends. And that is why you are so very fond of Sītā, who is the very night of destruction* for the demon race. (4)

* Kālarātri literally means the night preceding universal destruction at the end of a ‘Kalpa’ or the span of life of the universe.

**दो०** 
> तात चरन गहि मागउँ राखहु मोर दुलार।  
> सीता देहु राम कहुँ अहित न होइ तुम्हार॥४०॥

Meaning: “Clasping your feet I beseech you: grant this prayer of mine as a token of affection for me. Restore Sītā to Śrī Rāma so that no harm may come to you.” (40)

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