चितइ न सकहु राम तन गाल बजावहु।
बिधि बस बलउ लजान सुमति न लजावहु॥
Look, you cannot lift your eyes even as much as to glimpse directly at Sri Ram! (because you feel shy and ashamed at yourself when you compare your own lack of strength, majesty, glamour and charm with that of Lord Ram, because you have developed an inferiority complex in the face of the glamour and majesty that Ram possesses, and because you have realised that none of you have the stature behoving of a groom suitable for Sita as much as that of Ram).
Then say, why do you unnecessarily boast”? It is due to destiny that your strength and valour has already been put to shame (refer verse no. 11). Now then, why do you put your wisdom and intellect also to shame and dishonour (by not being wise and intelligent enough to realise your limitations and ground realities, and boasting that you will break the bow and marry Sita when you know that you do not have the wherewithal to do so, and when you know that a suitable candidate in the form of Lord Ram has come, who is certain to find favour with Sita, her father and the rest of the people of Janakpur)?’
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