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Janaka asks: Lord, are these two lovely boys the pride of a line of munis or princes of a royal house? Or has the Brahman whom the Veda calls neti neti come in two forms? My mind is dispassion by nature, yet it is held by them as the chakora by the moon; seeing them it has let go of the bliss of Brahman. Tell me plainly. The muni smiles: you have spoken well, king; they are dear to every living being. Rama smiles inwardly. They are sons of Dasharatha, the muni says, sent for my sake. Rama and Lakshmana guarded my yajna and defeated the asuras in battle.
कहहु नाथ सुन्दर दोउ बालक । मुनिकुल-तिलक कि नृपकुल-पालक ॥
ब्रह्म जो निगम नेति कहि गावा । उभय बेष धरि की सोइ आवा ॥
kahahu nātha sundara dou bālaka | munikula-tilaka ki nṛpakula-pālaka ||
brahma jo nigama neti kahi gāvā | ubhaya beṣa dhari kī soi āvā ||
सहज बिराग-रूप मन मोरा । थकित होत जिमि चन्द चकोरा ॥
ता तेँ प्रभु पूछउँ सतिभाऊ । कहहु नाथ जनि करहु दुराऊ ॥
sahaja birāga-rūpa mana morā | thakita hota jimi canda cakorā ||
tā tem̐ prabhu pūchaum̐ satibhāū | kahahu nātha jani karahu durāū ||
इन्हहिँ बिलोकत अति अनुरागा । बरबस ब्रह्म-सुखहि मन त्यागा ॥
कह मुनि बिहँसि कहेहु नप नीका । बचन तुम्हार न होइ अलीका ॥
inhahim̐ bilokata ati anurāgā | barabasa brahma-sukhahi mana tyāgā ||
kaha muni biham̐si kahehu napa nīkā | bacana tumhāra na hoi alīkā ||
ये प्रिय सबहि जहाँ लगि प्रानी । मन मुसुकाहिँ राम सुनि बानी ॥
रघुकुल-मनि दसरथ के जाये । मम हित लागि नरेस पठाये ॥
ye priya sabahi jahām̐ lagi prānī | mana musukāhim̐ rāma suni bānī ||
raghukula-mani dasaratha ke jāye | mama hita lāgi naresa paṭhāye ||
राम लखन दोउ बन्धु बर, रूप-सील-बल धाम ।
मख राखेउ सब साखि जग, जिते असुर सङ्ग्राम ॥
rāma lakhana dou bandhu bara, rūpa-sīla-bala dhāma |
makha rākheu saba sākhi jaga, jite asura saṅgrāma ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0
