Bāla Kāṇḍa·Chaupāī·5.1
मंगल भवन अमंगल हारी।
द्रवउ सो दसरथ अजिर बिहारी॥
maṅgala bhavana amaṅgala hārī |
dravau so dasaratha ajira bihārī ||
English rendering
Abode of all auspiciousness, remover of every inauspicious thing — may he, who once played in Daśaratha’s courtyard, take pity on me.
हिन्दी अनुवाद
मंगलों के धाम और अमंगलों के हरने वाले जो दशरथ के आँगन में विहार करते थे, वे मुझ पर द्रवित हों (कृपा करें)।
Context — editorial
A single sentence that has become a household blessing across the Hindi-speaking world for four hundred years. The image is very specific: Rāma is not on the throne, not in the forest, not in battle. He is a child, playing in his father’s courtyard. That is the form Tulsīdās asks to remember him in.
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