तब जनमेउ षटबदन कुमारा

tab janameu shatabadan kumara
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kavi	gosvami tulasidas
mool shirshak	ramacharitamanas
mukhy patr	ram, sita, lakshman, hanuman, ravan adi
prakashak	gita pres gorakhapur
bhasha	avadhi bhasha
shaili	soratha, chaupaee, chhand aur doha
sanbandhit lekh	dohavali, kavitavali, gitavali, vinay patrika, hanuman chalisa
kand	balakand

chaupaee tab janameu shatabadan kumara. taraku asuru samar jehian mara॥ agam nigam prasiddh purana. shanmukh janmu sakal jag jana॥

bhavarth-

tab chhah mukh vale putr (svamikartik) ka janm hua, jinhoanne (b de hone par) yuddh mean tarakasur ko mara. ved, shastr aur puranoan mean svamikartik ke janm ki katha prasiddh hai aur sara jagath use janata hai.

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tab janameu shatabadan kumara

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chaupaee- matrik sam chhand ka bhed hai. prakrit tatha apabhransh ke 16 matra ke varnanatmak chhandoan ke adhar par vikasit hindi ka sarvapriy aur apana chhand hai. gosvami tulasidas ne ramacharitamanas mean chaupaee chhand ka bahut achchha nirvah kiya hai. chaupaee mean char charan hote haian, pratyek charan mean 16-16 matraean hoti haian tatha ant mean guru hota hai.

panne ki pragati avastha

adhar

prarambhik

madhyamik

poornata

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