🪷 Rāmcharitamānas · Araṇya-Kāṇḍa · Unit 26

The Book of the Forest · Numbered unit 26 of 46

चौपाई

जाहु भवन कुल कुसल बिचारी। सुनत जरा दीन्हिसि बहु गारी।। 
 गुरु जिमि मूढ़ करसि मम बोधा। कहु जग मोहि समान को जोधा।।
 तब मारीच हृदयँ अनुमाना। नवहि बिरोधें नहिं कल्याना।। 
 सस्त्री मर्मी प्रभु सठ धनी। बैद बंदि कबि भानस गुनी।।
 उभय भाँति देखा निज मरना। तब ताकिसि रघुनायक सरना।। 
 उतरु देत मोहि बधब अभागें। कस न मरौं रघुपति सर लागें।।
 अस जियँ जानि दसानन संगा। चला राम पद प्रेम अभंगा।। 
 मन अति हरष जनाव न तेही। आजु देखिहउँ परम सनेही।।

— Rāmcharitamānas Araṇya-Kāṇḍa numbered unit 26 · Goswāmi Tulsidās · Awadhi-Hindi Devanāgarī

Place in the Mānas

Numbered unit 26 of 46 in Araṇya-Kāṇḍa (Kāṇḍa 3 of 7)
Contained verse types: चौपाई
Kāṇḍa theme: Forest-līlā · the ṛṣis' āśramas · Śūrpaṇakhā's ill-fated visit · Mārīca's golden-deer māyā · Sītā-haraṇa by Rāvaṇa · Jaṭāyu's last stand

Continue the Pāṭha

Browse the Araṇya-Kāṇḍa unit index and maṅgalācaraṇa, return to the seven-Kāṇḍa Mānas, or read the Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa Sanskrit companion.

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APA: Goswāmi Tulsidās. (n.d.). Śrī Rāmcharitamānas Araṇya-Kāṇḍa numbered unit 26. Vidhyāmitra. Retrieved 2026-08-17, from https://vidhyamitra.com/ramcharitamanas/aranya-kand/26

Chicago: Goswāmi Tulsidās. "Śrī Rāmcharitamānas Araṇya-Kāṇḍa numbered unit 26." Vidhyāmitra. Accessed 2026-08-17. https://vidhyamitra.com/ramcharitamanas/aranya-kand/26.

MLA: Goswāmi Tulsidās. "Śrī Rāmcharitamānas Araṇya-Kāṇḍa numbered unit 26." Vidhyāmitra, 2026, https://vidhyamitra.com/ramcharitamanas/aranya-kand/26.

Text address: https://vidhyamitra.com/ramcharitamanas/aranya-kand/26 · numbered unit from the pinned IIT Kanpur-derived witness released under the Unlicense.

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