🪷 Rāmcharitamānas · Ayodhyā-Kāṇḍa · Unit 18

The Book of Ayodhyā · Numbered unit 18 of 326

चौपाई

चतुर गँभीर राम महतारी। बीचु पाइ निज बात सँवारी।। 
 पठए भरतु भूप ननिअउरें। राम मातु मत जानव रउरें।।
 सेवहिं सकल सवति मोहि नीकें। गरबित भरत मातु बल पी कें।। 
 सालु तुम्हार कौसिलहि माई। कपट चतुर नहिं होइ जनाई।।
 राजहि तुम्ह पर प्रेमु बिसेषी। सवति सुभाउ सकइ नहिं देखी।। 
 रची प्रंपचु भूपहि अपनाई। राम तिलक हित लगन धराई।।
 यह कुल उचित राम कहुँ टीका। सबहि सोहाइ मोहि सुठि नीका।। 
 आगिलि बात समुझि डरु मोही। देउ दैउ फिरि सो फलु ओही।।

दोहा/सोरठा

रचि पचि कोटिक कुटिलपन कीन्हेसि कपट प्रबोधु।। 
 कहिसि कथा सत सवति कै जेहि बिधि बाढ़ बिरोधु।।18।।

— Rāmcharitamānas Ayodhyā-Kāṇḍa numbered unit 18 · Goswāmi Tulsidās · Awadhi-Hindi Devanāgarī

Place in the Mānas

Numbered unit 18 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 18." Vidhyāmitra, 2026, https://vidhyamitra.com/ramcharitamanas/ayodhya-kand/18.

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