🪷 Rāmcharitamānas · Bāla-Kāṇḍa · Unit 288

The Book of Childhood · Numbered unit 288 of 361

चौपाई

बेनि हरित मनिमय सब कीन्हे। सरल सपरब परहिं नहिं चीन्हे।। 
 कनक कलित अहिबेल बनाई। लखि नहि परइ सपरन सुहाई।।
 तेहि के रचि पचि बंध बनाए। बिच बिच मुकता दाम सुहाए।। 
 मानिक मरकत कुलिस पिरोजा। चीरि कोरि पचि रचे सरोजा।।
 किए भृंग बहुरंग बिहंगा। गुंजहिं कूजहिं पवन प्रसंगा।। 
 सुर प्रतिमा खंभन गढ़ी काढ़ी। मंगल द्रब्य लिएँ सब ठाढ़ी।।
 चौंकें भाँति अनेक पुराईं। सिंधुर मनिमय सहज सुहाई।।

दोहा/सोरठा

सौरभ पल्लव सुभग सुठि किए नीलमनि कोरि।। 
 हेम बौर मरकत घवरि लसत पाटमय डोरि।।288।।

— Rāmcharitamānas Bāla-Kāṇḍa numbered unit 288 · Goswāmi Tulsidās · Awadhi-Hindi Devanāgarī

Place in the Mānas

Numbered unit 288 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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Chicago: Goswāmi Tulsidās. "Śrī Rāmcharitamānas Bāla-Kāṇḍa numbered unit 288." Vidhyāmitra. Accessed 2026-08-06. https://vidhyamitra.com/ramcharitamanas/bala-kand/288.

MLA: Goswāmi Tulsidās. "Śrī Rāmcharitamānas Bāla-Kāṇḍa numbered unit 288." Vidhyāmitra, 2026, https://vidhyamitra.com/ramcharitamanas/bala-kand/288.

Text address: https://vidhyamitra.com/ramcharitamanas/bala-kand/288 · numbered unit from the pinned IIT Kanpur-derived witness released under the Unlicense.

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