सखि! रघुबीर मुख-छबि देखु। चित्त-भीति सुप्रीति-रंग सुरूपता अवरेखु॥ १ ॥ नयन-सुषमा निरखि नागरि! सफल जीवन लेखु। मनहुँ बिधि जुग जलज बिरचे ससि सुपूरन मेखु॥ २ ॥ भ्रुकुटि भाल बिसाल राजत रुचिर-कुंकुम-रेखु। भ्रमर द्वै रबिकिरनि ल्याए करन जनु उनमेखु॥ ३ ॥ सुमुखि! केस सुदेस सुंदर सुमन-संजुत पेखु। मनहुँ उडुगन-निबह आए मिलन तम तजि द्वेषु॥ ४ ॥ श्रवन कुंडल मनहु गुरु-कबि करत बाद बिसेषु। नासिका, द्विज, अधर जनु रह्यो मदनु करि बहु बेषु॥ ५ ॥ रूप बरनि न सकत नारद-संभु, सारद-सेषु। कहै तुलसीदास क्यों मतिमंद सकल नरेषु॥ ६ ॥
Friend, behold the beauty of Raghubīra's face; trace that lovely form upon the wall of your heart with the color of perfect love. (1) Cultivated friend, behold the beauty of his eyes and count your life fulfilled. It is as though the Creator formed two lotuses within the full moon of the sign of Aries. (2) On his broad brow, beneath the brows, shines a lovely vermilion line; it is as though two bees brought rays of the sun to awaken the lotuses. (3) Fair-faced friend, behold the beautiful flowers joined to the lovely region of his hair. It is as though a host of stars abandoned enmity with darkness and came to meet it. (4) The earrings at his ears seem like Guru and Kavi—Jupiter and Venus—engaged in a profound debate, while Love has taken many forms and settled as his nose, teeth, and lips. (5) Nārada, Śiva, Śāradā, and Śeṣa cannot describe his form. Tulsīdāsa asks: how then can I, dullest king of all the slow-witted, describe it? (6)