🪷 Rāmcharitamānas · Ayodhyā-Kāṇḍa · Unit 17

The Book of Ayodhyā · Numbered unit 17 of 326

चौपाई

सादर पुनि पुनि पूँछति ओही। सबरी गान मृगी जनु मोही।। 
 तसि मति फिरी अहइ जसि भाबी। रहसी चेरि घात जनु फाबी।।
 तुम्ह पूँछहु मैं कहत डेराऊँ। धरेउ मोर घरफोरी नाऊँ।। 
 सजि प्रतीति बहुबिधि गढ़ि छोली। अवध साढ़साती तब बोली।।
 प्रिय सिय रामु कहा तुम्ह रानी। रामहि तुम्ह प्रिय सो फुरि बानी।। 
 रहा प्रथम अब ते दिन बीते। समउ फिरें रिपु होहिं पिंरीते।।
 भानु कमल कुल पोषनिहारा। बिनु जल जारि करइ सोइ छारा।। 
 जरि तुम्हारि चह सवति उखारी। रूँधहु करि उपाउ बर बारी।।

दोहा/सोरठा

तुम्हहि न सोचु सोहाग बल निज बस जानहु राउ। 
 मन मलीन मुह मीठ नृप राउर सरल सुभाउ।।17।।

— Rāmcharitamānas Ayodhyā-Kāṇḍa numbered unit 17 · Goswāmi Tulsidās · Awadhi-Hindi Devanāgarī

Place in the Mānas

Numbered unit 17 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

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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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MLA: Goswāmi Tulsidās. "Śrī Rāmcharitamānas Ayodhyā-Kāṇḍa numbered unit 17." Vidhyāmitra, 2026, https://vidhyamitra.com/ramcharitamanas/ayodhya-kand/17.

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