🪷 Rāmcharitamānas · Ayodhyā-Kāṇḍa · Unit 16

The Book of Ayodhyā · Numbered unit 16 of 326

चौपाई

एकहिं बार आस सब पूजी। अब कछु कहब जीभ करि दूजी।। 
 फोरै जोगु कपारु अभागा। भलेउ कहत दुख रउरेहि लागा।।
 कहहिं झूठि फुरि बात बनाई। ते प्रिय तुम्हहि करुइ मैं माई।। 
 हमहुँ कहबि अब ठकुरसोहाती। नाहिं त मौन रहब दिनु राती।।
 करि कुरूप बिधि परबस कीन्हा। बवा सो लुनिअ लहिअ जो दीन्हा।। 
 कोउ नृप होउ हमहि का हानी। चेरि छाड़ि अब होब कि रानी।।
 जारै जोगु सुभाउ हमारा। अनभल देखि न जाइ तुम्हारा।। 
 तातें कछुक बात अनुसारी। छमिअ देबि बड़ि चूक हमारी।।

दोहा/सोरठा

गूढ़ कपट प्रिय बचन सुनि तीय अधरबुधि रानि। 
 सुरमाया बस बैरिनिहि सुह्द जानि पतिआनि।।16।।

— Rāmcharitamānas Ayodhyā-Kāṇḍa numbered unit 16 · Goswāmi Tulsidās · Awadhi-Hindi Devanāgarī

Place in the Mānas

Numbered unit 16 of 326 in Ayodhyā-Kāṇḍa (Kāṇḍa 2 of 7)
Contained verse types: चौपाई · दोहा/सोरठा
Kāṇḍa theme: Rāja-tilaka aborted · vanavāsa begins · Bharata-milāp at Citrakūṭa (the supreme dialogue of fraternal-bhakti) · pādukā-rāja at Nandigrāma · the maryādā-puruṣottama discipline activated

Continue the Pāṭha

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

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Chicago: Goswāmi Tulsidās. "Śrī Rāmcharitamānas Ayodhyā-Kāṇḍa numbered unit 16." Vidhyāmitra. Accessed 2026-08-07. https://vidhyamitra.com/ramcharitamanas/ayodhya-kand/16.

MLA: Goswāmi Tulsidās. "Śrī Rāmcharitamānas Ayodhyā-Kāṇḍa numbered unit 16." Vidhyāmitra, 2026, https://vidhyamitra.com/ramcharitamanas/ayodhya-kand/16.

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