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# Sunderkand · Doha 58

**चौ०** 
> लछिमन बान सरासन आनू। सोषौं बारिधि बिसिख कृसानू॥  
> सठ सन बिनय कुटिल सन प्रीती। सहज कृपन सन सुंदर नीती॥१॥

**चौ०** 
> ममता रत सन ग्यान कहानी। अति लोभी सन बिरति बखानी॥  
> क्रोधिहि सम कामिहि हरि कथा। ऊसर बीज बएँ फल जथा॥२॥

**चौ०** 
> अस कहि रघुपति चाप चढ़ावा। यह मत लछिमन के मन भावा॥  
> संधानेउ प्रभु बिसिख कराला। उठी उदधि उर अंतर ज्वाला॥३॥

**चौ०** 
> मकर उरग झष गन अकुलाने। जरत जंतु जलनिधि जब जाने॥  
> कनक थार भरि मनि गन नाना। बिप्र रूप आयउ तजि माना॥४॥

Meaning: “Lakṣmaṇa, bring Me My bow and arrows; I will dry up the ocean with a missile presided over by the god of fire. Supplication before an idiot, friendship with a rogue, inculcating liberality on a born miser, (1)

“talking wisdom to one steeped in worldliness, glorifying dispassion before a man of excessive greed, a lecture on mind control to an irascible man and a discourse on the exploits of Śrī Hari to a libidinous person are as futile as sowing seeds in a barren land.” (2)

So saying, Śrī Raghunātha strung His bow. This stand of the Lord delighted Lakṣmaṇa’s heart. When the Lord shot the terrible arrow (presided over by Fire), a blazing fire broke out in the heart of the ocean; (3)

The alligators, serpents and fishes felt distressed. When the god presiding over the ocean found the creatures burning, he gave up his pride and, assuming the form of a Brāhmaṇa, came with a gold plate filled with all kinds of jewels. (4)

**दो०** 
> काटेहिं पइ कदरी फरइ कोटि जतन कोउ सींच।  
> बिनय न मान खगेस सुनु डाटेहिं पइ नव नीच॥५८॥

Meaning: Though one may take infinite pains in watering a plaintain, it will not bear fruit unless it is hewed. Similarly, mark me, O king of birds, (continues Kākabhuṣuṇḍi) a vile fellow heeds not prayer but yields only when reprimanded. (58)

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