🪷 Rāmcharitamānas · Ayodhyā-Kāṇḍa · Unit 172

The Book of Ayodhyā · Numbered unit 172 of 326

चौपाई

अस बिचारि केहि देइअ दोसू। ब्यरथ काहि पर कीजिअ रोसू।। 
 तात बिचारु केहि करहु मन माहीं। सोच जोगु दसरथु नृपु नाहीं।।
 सोचिअ बिप्र जो बेद बिहीना। तजि निज धरमु बिषय लयलीना।। 
 सोचिअ नृपति जो नीति न जाना। जेहि न प्रजा प्रिय प्रान समाना।।
 सोचिअ बयसु कृपन धनवानू। जो न अतिथि सिव भगति सुजानू।। 
 सोचिअ सूद्रु बिप्र अवमानी। मुखर मानप्रिय ग्यान गुमानी।।
 सोचिअ पुनि पति बंचक नारी। कुटिल कलहप्रिय इच्छाचारी।। 
 सोचिअ बटु निज ब्रतु परिहरई। जो नहिं गुर आयसु अनुसरई।।

दोहा/सोरठा

सोचिअ गृही जो मोह बस करइ करम पथ त्याग। 
 सोचिअ जति प्रंपच रत बिगत बिबेक बिराग।।172।।

— Rāmcharitamānas Ayodhyā-Kāṇḍa numbered unit 172 · Goswāmi Tulsidās · Awadhi-Hindi Devanāgarī

Place in the Mānas

Numbered unit 172 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 172." Vidhyāmitra, 2026, https://vidhyamitra.com/ramcharitamanas/ayodhya-kand/172.

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