🪷 Rāmcharitamānas · Bāla-Kāṇḍa · Unit 257

The Book of Childhood · Numbered unit 257 of 361

चौपाई

काम कुसुम धनु सायक लीन्हे। सकल भुवन अपने बस कीन्हे।। 
 देबि तजिअ संसउ अस जानी। भंजब धनुष रामु सुनु रानी।।
 सखी बचन सुनि भै परतीती। मिटा बिषादु बढ़ी अति प्रीती।। 
 तब रामहि बिलोकि बैदेही। सभय हृदयँ बिनवति जेहि तेही।।
 मनहीं मन मनाव अकुलानी। होहु प्रसन्न महेस भवानी।। 
 करहु सफल आपनि सेवकाई। करि हितु हरहु चाप गरुआई।।
 गननायक बरदायक देवा। आजु लगें कीन्हिउँ तुअ सेवा।। 
 बार बार बिनती सुनि मोरी। करहु चाप गुरुता अति थोरी।।

दोहा/सोरठा

देखि देखि रघुबीर तन सुर मनाव धरि धीर।। 
 भरे बिलोचन प्रेम जल पुलकावली सरीर।।257।।

— Rāmcharitamānas Bāla-Kāṇḍa numbered unit 257 · Goswāmi Tulsidās · Awadhi-Hindi Devanāgarī

Place in the Mānas

Numbered unit 257 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 257. Vidhyāmitra. Retrieved 2026-08-07, from https://vidhyamitra.com/ramcharitamanas/bala-kand/257

Chicago: Goswāmi Tulsidās. "Śrī Rāmcharitamānas Bāla-Kāṇḍa numbered unit 257." Vidhyāmitra. Accessed 2026-08-07. https://vidhyamitra.com/ramcharitamanas/bala-kand/257.

MLA: Goswāmi Tulsidās. "Śrī Rāmcharitamānas Bāla-Kāṇḍa numbered unit 257." Vidhyāmitra, 2026, https://vidhyamitra.com/ramcharitamanas/bala-kand/257.

Text address: https://vidhyamitra.com/ramcharitamanas/bala-kand/257 · numbered unit from the pinned IIT Kanpur-derived witness released under the Unlicense.

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