Bāla Kāṇḍa·Dohā 14·D.14c·113 of 124
कबि कोबिद रघुबर चरित, मानस मंजु मराल।
बाल बिनय सुनि सुरुचि लखि, मोपर होहु कृपाल॥14(ग)॥
kabi kobida raghubara carita, mānasa maṁju marāla |
bāla binaya suni suruci lakhi, mopara hohu kṛpāla ||14(ga)||
English Rendering
O poets and scholars — you who are the beautiful swans of the Mānasa-lake of Raghuvara’s story — hear the entreaty of a child and, seeing the sincerity of taste in it, be gracious to me.
हिन्दी अनुवाद
हे कवियों और कोविदों — जो श्रीरघुवर के चरित रूपी मानस-सरोवर के सुन्दर हंस हैं — इस बालक की विनती सुनकर और सच्ची रुचि देखकर मुझ पर कृपालु हों।
Context — Editorial
The image of the Mānasa-lake makes its first quiet appearance in the poem that will bear its name. The great poets are its swans; the young supplicant asks for the room to sit at the edge of the same water.