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Verse of the day · October 7, 2026

चौपाई
तरु पल्लव महुँ रहा लुकाई। करइ बिचार करौं का भाई।।
तेहि अवसर रावनु तहँ आवा। संग नारि बहु किएँ बनावा।।
बहु बिधि खल सीतहि समुझावा। साम दान भय भेद देखावा।।
कह रावनु सुनु सुमुखि सयानी। मंदोदरी आदि सब रानी।।
तव अनुचरीं करउँ पन मोरा। एक बार बिलोकु मम ओरा।।
तृन धरि ओट कहति बैदेही। सुमिरि अवधपति परम सनेही।।
सुनु दसमुख खद्योत प्रकासा। कबहुँ कि नलिनी करइ बिकासा।।
अस मन समुझु कहति जानकी। खल सुधि नहिं रघुबीर बान की।।
सठ सूने हरि आनेहि मोहि। अधम निलज्ज लाज नहिं तोही।।
दोहा/सोरठा
आपुहि सुनि खद्योत सम रामहि भानु समान।
परुष बचन सुनि काढ़ि असि बोला अति खिसिआन।।9।।

caupāī
taru pallava mahu~ rahā lukāī| karai bicāra karauṃ kā bhāī||
tehi avasara rāvanu taha~ āvā| saṃga nāri bahu kie~ banāvā||
bahu bidhi khala sītahi samujhāvā| sāma dāna bhaya bheda dekhāvā||
kaha rāvanu sunu sumukhi sayānī| maṃdodarī ādi saba rānī||
tava anucarīṃ karau~ pana morā| eka bāra biloku mama orā||
tṛna dhari oṭa kahati baidehī| sumiri avadhapati parama sanehī||
sunu dasamukha khadyota prakāsā| kabahu~ ki nalinī karai bikāsā||
asa mana samujhu kahati jānakī| khala sudhi nahiṃ raghubīra bāna kī||
saṭha sūne hari ānehi mohi| adhama nilajja lāja nahiṃ tohī||
dohā/soraṭhā
āpuhi suni khadyota sama rāmahi bhānu samāna|
paruṣa bacana suni kāṛhi asi bolā ati khisiāna||9||

Hidden among the leaves, the monkey wondered what he should do. Just then Ravana came with a train of women, decked in finery, and by every means, coaxing, bribe, threat, division, pressed Sita. 'Hear me, wise and fair one,' he said, 'Mandodari and all my other queens will be your handmaids, only look once my way.' Holding a blade of grass between them and remembering the beloved Lord of Ayodhya, Sita answered: 'Listen, ten-faced one, can the firefly's glow make the lotus bloom? Wretch, you have no thought of Raghubira's arrows. Base and shameless, you stole me from an empty place, have you no shame?' Hearing himself likened to a firefly and Rama to the sun, Ravana drew his sword in fury.