🪷 Rāmcharitamānas · Ayodhyā-Kāṇḍa · Unit 42

The Book of Ayodhyā · Numbered unit 42 of 326

चौपाई

भरत प्रानप्रिय पावहिं राजू। बिधि सब बिधि मोहि सनमुख आजु। 
 जों न जाउँ बन ऐसेहु काजा। प्रथम गनिअ मोहि मूढ़ समाजा।।
 सेवहिं अरँडु कलपतरु त्यागी। परिहरि अमृत लेहिं बिषु मागी।। 
 तेउ न पाइ अस समउ चुकाहीं। देखु बिचारि मातु मन माहीं।।
 अंब एक दुखु मोहि बिसेषी। निपट बिकल नरनायकु देखी।। 
 थोरिहिं बात पितहि दुख भारी। होति प्रतीति न मोहि महतारी।।
 राउ धीर गुन उदधि अगाधू। भा मोहि ते कछु बड़ अपराधू।। 
 जातें मोहि न कहत कछु राऊ। मोरि सपथ तोहि कहु सतिभाऊ।।

दोहा/सोरठा

सहज सरल रघुबर बचन कुमति कुटिल करि जान। 
 चलइ जोंक जल बक्रगति जद्यपि सलिलु समान।।42।।

— Rāmcharitamānas Ayodhyā-Kāṇḍa numbered unit 42 · Goswāmi Tulsidās · Awadhi-Hindi Devanāgarī

Place in the Mānas

Numbered unit 42 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 42." Vidhyāmitra, 2026, https://vidhyamitra.com/ramcharitamanas/ayodhya-kand/42.

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