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Sharada, Shesha, Shambhu and the Vedas have sung these simple childhood deeds; whoever's mind does not take to them has been cheated by fate. When the brothers reach boyhood they receive the sacred thread. Rama goes to the guru's house to study and soon masters all learning, a great wonder, since the four Vedas are His natural breath. Skilled, humble and virtuous, the brothers practise every princely art, bow and arrow shining in their hands. Wherever they walk, men and women stop in wonder, and to everyone in Koshala, young and old, the gracious Rama is dearer than life.
बालचरित अति सरल सुहाये । सारद सेष सम्भु स्त्रुति गाये ॥
जिन्ह कर मन इन्ह सन नहिँ राता । ते जन बञ्चित किये बिधाता ॥
bālacarita ati sarala suhāye | sārada seṣa sambhu struti gāye ||
jinha kara mana inha sana nahim̐ rātā | te jana bañcita kiye bidhātā ||
भये कुमार जबहिँ सब भ्राता । दीन्ह जनेऊ गुरु-पितु-माता ॥
गुरु गृह गये पढ़न रघुराई । अलप काल बिद्या सब आई ॥
bhaye kumāra jabahim̐ saba bhrātā | dīnha janeū guru-pitu-mātā ||
guru gṛha gaye par̤hana raghurāī | alapa kāla bidyā saba āī ||
जाकी सहज स्वास स्त्रुति चारी । सो हरि पढ़ यह कौतुक भारी ॥
विद्या-बिनय निपुन गुन-सीला । खेलहिँ खेल सकल नृप-लीला ॥
jākī sahaja svāsa struti cārī | so hari par̤ha yaha kautuka bhārī ||
vidyā-binaya nipuna guna-sīlā | khelahim̐ khela sakala nṛpa-līlā ||
करतल बान धनुष अति सोहा । देखत रूप चराचर मोहा ॥
जिन्ह बीथिन्ह बिहरहिँ सब भाई । थकित होहिँ सब लोग लुगाई ॥
karatala bāna dhanuṣa ati sohā | dekhata rūpa carācara mohā ||
jinha bīthinha biharahim̐ saba bhāī | thakita hohim̐ saba loga lugāī ||
कोसलपुर-बासी नर, नारि बृद्ध अरु बाल ।
प्रानहु तेँ प्रिय लागत, सब कहँ राम कृपाल ॥
kosalapura-bāsī nara, nāri bṛddha aru bāla |
prānahu tem̐ priya lāgata, saba kaham̐ rāma kṛpāla ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0
