Jyon mukhu mukur mukuru nij pani
Chaupai 2, Under Doha 294 · Ayodhya Kand
Chaupai Text
ज्यों मुखु मुकुर मुकुरु निज पानी। गहि न जाइ अस अदभुत बानी॥ भूप भरतु मुनि सहित समाजू। गे जहँ बिबुध कुमुद द्विजराजू॥ २ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
jyoṃ mukhu mukuru mukuru nija pānī। gahi na jāi asa adabhuta bānī॥ bhūpa bharatu muni sahita samājū। ge jahaṃ bibudha kumuda dvijarājū॥ 2 ॥
Meaning
Just as a face seen in a mirror, though the mirror is in one's own hand, cannot be grasped, so this wondrous speech too cannot be seized. Then the king, Bharata, and the sage company went to where Rama was—the moon among the gods, the one who opens the kumuda lilies.
Context
This is Chaupai 2, Under Doha 294 from Ayodhya Kand, in the episode “Janaka-Vashishtha Deliberate, Saraswati Calms Indra”. The episode describes Janaka and Vashishtha deliberating on dharma while Saraswati dispels Indra's doubts.