🪷 Rāmcharitamānas · Bāla-Kāṇḍa · Unit 242

The Book of Childhood · Numbered unit 242 of 361

चौपाई

बिदुषन्ह प्रभु बिराटमय दीसा। बहु मुख कर पग लोचन सीसा।। 
 जनक जाति अवलोकहिं कैसैं। सजन सगे प्रिय लागहिं जैसें।।
 सहित बिदेह बिलोकहिं रानी। सिसु सम प्रीति न जाति बखानी।। 
 जोगिन्ह परम तत्वमय भासा। सांत सुद्ध सम सहज प्रकासा।।
 हरिभगतन्ह देखे दोउ भ्राता। इष्टदेव इव सब सुख दाता।। 
 रामहि चितव भायँ जेहि सीया। सो सनेहु सुखु नहिं कथनीया।।
 उर अनुभवति न कहि सक सोऊ। कवन प्रकार कहै कबि कोऊ।। 
 एहि बिधि रहा जाहि जस भाऊ। तेहिं तस देखेउ कोसलराऊ।।

दोहा/सोरठा

राजत राज समाज महुँ कोसलराज किसोर। 
 सुंदर स्यामल गौर तन बिस्व बिलोचन चोर।।242।।

— Rāmcharitamānas Bāla-Kāṇḍa numbered unit 242 · Goswāmi Tulsidās · Awadhi-Hindi Devanāgarī

Place in the Mānas

Numbered unit 242 of 361 in Bāla-Kāṇḍa (Kāṇḍa 1 of 7)
Contained verse types: चौपाई · दोहा/सोरठा
Kāṇḍa theme: Maṅgalācaraṇa (the auspicious opening · Gaṇeśa-Sarasvatī-Śiva-Pārvatī-Hari-Hara invocations) · Rāma's līlā in childhood · Viśvāmitra-yajña-protection · Sītā-svayaṁvara at Mithilā · the four brothers' weddings

Continue the Pāṭha

Browse the Bāla-Kāṇḍa unit index and maṅgalācaraṇa, return to the seven-Kāṇḍa Mānas, or read the Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa Sanskrit companion.

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APA: Goswāmi Tulsidās. (n.d.). Śrī Rāmcharitamānas Bāla-Kāṇḍa numbered unit 242. Vidhyāmitra. Retrieved 2026-08-07, from https://vidhyamitra.com/ramcharitamanas/bala-kand/242

Chicago: Goswāmi Tulsidās. "Śrī Rāmcharitamānas Bāla-Kāṇḍa numbered unit 242." Vidhyāmitra. Accessed 2026-08-07. https://vidhyamitra.com/ramcharitamanas/bala-kand/242.

MLA: Goswāmi Tulsidās. "Śrī Rāmcharitamānas Bāla-Kāṇḍa numbered unit 242." Vidhyāmitra, 2026, https://vidhyamitra.com/ramcharitamanas/bala-kand/242.

Text address: https://vidhyamitra.com/ramcharitamanas/bala-kand/242 · numbered unit from the pinned IIT Kanpur-derived witness released under the Unlicense.

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