🪷 Rāmcharitamānas · Ayodhyā-Kāṇḍa · Unit 281

The Book of Ayodhyā · Numbered unit 281 of 326

चौपाई

एहि बिधि सकल मनोरथ करहीं। बचन सप्रेम सुनत मन हरहीं।। 
 सीय मातु तेहि समय पठाईं। दासीं देखि सुअवसरु आईं।।
 सावकास सुनि सब सिय सासू। आयउ जनकराज रनिवासू।। 
 कौसल्याँ सादर सनमानी। आसन दिए समय सम आनी।।
 सीलु सनेह सकल दुहु ओरा। द्रवहिं देखि सुनि कुलिस कठोरा।। 
 पुलक सिथिल तन बारि बिलोचन। महि नख लिखन लगीं सब सोचन।।
 सब सिय राम प्रीति कि सि मूरती। जनु करुना बहु बेष बिसूरति।। 
 सीय मातु कह बिधि बुधि बाँकी। जो पय फेनु फोर पबि टाँकी।।

दोहा/सोरठा

सुनिअ सुधा देखिअहिं गरल सब करतूति कराल। 
 जहँ तहँ काक उलूक बक मानस सकृत मराल।।281।।

— Rāmcharitamānas Ayodhyā-Kāṇḍa numbered unit 281 · Goswāmi Tulsidās · Awadhi-Hindi Devanāgarī

Place in the Mānas

Numbered unit 281 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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MLA: Goswāmi Tulsidās. "Śrī Rāmcharitamānas Ayodhyā-Kāṇḍa numbered unit 281." Vidhyāmitra, 2026, https://vidhyamitra.com/ramcharitamanas/ayodhya-kand/281.

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