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जानतहूँ अस स्वामि बिसारी। फिरहिं ते काहे होहिं दुखारी॥ एहि बिधि कहत राम गुन ग्रामा। पावा अनिर्बाच्य बिश्रामा॥ पुनि सब कथा बिभीषन कही। जेहि बिधि जनकसुता तहँ रही॥ तब हनुमंत कहा सुनु भ्राता। देखी चहउँ जानकी माता॥ जुगुति बिभीषन सकल सुनाई। चलेउ पवनसुत बिदा कराई॥ करि सोइ रूप गयउ पुनि तहवाँ। बन असोक सीता रह जहवाँ॥ देखि मनहि महुँ कीन्ह प्रनामा। बैठेहिं बीति जात निसि जामा॥ कृस तन सीस जटा एक बेनी। जपति हृदयँ रघुपति गुन श्रेनी॥

jānatahū~ asa svāmi bisārī phirahiṃ te kāhe na hohiṃ dukhārī ehi bidhi kahata rāma guna grāmā pāvā anirbācya biśrāmā puni saba kathā bibhīṣana kahī jehi bidhi janakasutā taha~ rahī taba hanumaṃta kahā sunu bhrātā dekhī cahau~ jānakī mātā juguti bibhīṣana sakala sunāī caleu pavanasuta bidā karāī kari soi rūpa gayau puni tahavā~ bana asoka sītā raha jahavā~ dekhi manahi mahu~ kīnha pranāmā baiṭhehiṃ bīti jāta nisi jāmā kṛsa tana sīsa jaṭā eka benī japati hṛdaya~ raghupati guna śrenī

Dohā

निज पद नयन दिएँ मन राम पद कमल लीन। परम दुखी भा पवनसुत देखि जानकी दीन॥8॥

nija pada nayana die~ mana rāma pada kamala līna parama dukhī bhā pavanasuta dekhi jānakī dīna 8

Meaning(Vibhishana:) "Though knowing this, forsaking such a Master they wander (in the world) — why should they not be miserable?" Speaking thus of Rama's virtues, he attained ineffable peace. Then Vibhishana told the whole tale — how Janaki dwelt there. Hanuman said, "Listen, brother — I wish to behold Mother Janaki." Vibhishana explained all the means; taking leave, the son of the Wind set off. Taking that same form he went where Sita dwelt in the Ashok grove, and beheld her, bowing in his mind. The watches of the night were passing as she sat — her body wasted, on her head a single matted braid, repeating in her heart the rows of Raghupati's virtues, her eyes fixed on her own feet, her mind absorbed in Rama's lotus-feet. Seeing Janaki so wretched, the son of the Wind became deeply grieved.
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What is the meaning of Sundarkand Dohā 8?
(Vibhishana:) "Though knowing this, forsaking such a Master they wander (in the world) — why should they not be miserable?" Speaking thus of Rama's virtues, he attained ineffable peace. Then Vibhishana told the whole tale — how Janaki dwelt there. Hanuman said, "Listen, brother — I wish to behold Mother Janaki." Vibhishana explained all the means; taking leave, the son of the Wind set off. Taking that same form he went where Sita dwelt in the Ashok grove, and beheld her, bowing in his mind. The watches of the night were passing as she sat — her body wasted, on her head a single matted braid, repeating in her heart the rows of Raghupati's virtues, her eyes fixed on her own feet, her mind absorbed in Rama's lotus-feet. Seeing Janaki so wretched, the son of the Wind became deeply grieved.