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# Sunderkand · Doha 50

**चौ०** 
> अस प्रभु छाड़ि भजहिं जे आना। ते नर पसु बिनु पूँछ बिषाना॥  
> निज जन जानि ताहि अपनावा। प्रभु सुभाव कपि कुल मन भावा॥१॥

**चौ०** 
> पुनि सर्बग्य सर्ब उर बासी। सर्बरूप सब रहित उदासी॥  
> बोले बचन नीति प्रतिपालक। कारन मनुज दनुज कुल घालक॥२॥

**चौ०** 
> सुनु कपीस लंकापति बीरा। केहि बिधि तरिअ जलधि गंभीरा॥  
> संकुल मकर उरग झष जाती। अति अगाध दुस्तर सब भाँती॥३॥

**चौ०** 
> कह लंकेस सुनहु रघुनायक। कोटि सिंधु सोषक तव सायक॥  
> जद्यपि तदपि नीति असि गाई। बिनय करिअ सागर सन जाई॥४॥

Meaning: Those men who worship anyone else, giving up such a benign lord, are mere beasts without a tail and a pair of horns. Recognizing Vibhīṣaṇa as His own, the Lord took him over; the amiability of Śrī Rāma’s disposition gladdened the heart of the whole monkey host. (1)

Then the All-wise, who dwells in the hearts of all, is manifest in all forms, though aloof of all and unconcerned, and who had appeared in human form with a specific motive and as the exterminator of the demon race, Śrī Rāma spoke words strictly observing the rules of propriety: (2)

“Listen, O lord of the monkeys, Sugrīva, and O valiant sovereign of Laṅkā, Vibhīṣaṇa, how are we to cross the deep ocean full of alligators, snakes and all varieties of fishes, most unfathomable and difficult to cross in every way?” (3)

“Listen, O Śrī Raghunātha,” replied Vibhīṣaṇa, “Although Your one single arrow itself can dry up innumerable oceans, yet propriety demands that You should approach the ocean and request the deity presiding over it to allow you passage. (4)

**दो०** 
> प्रभु तुम्हार कुलगुर जलधि कहिहि उपाय बिचारि।  
> बिनु प्रयास सागर तरिहि सकल भालु कपि धारि॥५०॥

Meaning: “My lord, the deity presiding over the ocean is an ancestor of Yours; hence he will think it over and suggest some means (of crossing the ocean)*. The whole host of bears and monkeys will thus be able to cross the ocean without much exertion.” (50)

* It is stated in the Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki and other scriptures that the bed of the ocean was dug by King Sagara, hence it is known by the name of ‘ Sāgara’. King Sagara was an ancestor of Śrī Rāma and thus the deity presiding over the ocean is also spoken of by Vibhīṣaṇa as a forefather of the Lord.

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