Ehi bidhi upajai lachhhi jaba sundarata

Doha 247 · Bal Kand

Doha Text

एहि बिधि उपजै लच्छि जब सुंदरता सुख मूल। तदपि सकोच समेत कबि कहहिं सीय समतूल॥ २४७ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

ehi bidhi upajai lacchi jaba sundaratā sukha mūla। tadapi sakocha sameta kabi kahahiṃ sīya samatūla॥ 247 ॥

Meaning

Even when Lakshmi arises in this way as the very source of beauty and bliss, poets will still speak of her as equal to Sita only with great reserve and hesitation.

Context

This is Doha 247 from Bal Kand, in the episode “Vishvamitra Enters the Assembly”. The episode describes Vishvamitra entering the great assembly with Rama and Lakshmana, each beholder seeing the princes according to their own devotion.

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