Binu avasar bhay ten raha joi

Chaupai 8, Under Doha 5 · Aranya Kand

Chaupai Text

बिनु अवसर भय तें रह जोई। जानेहु अधम नारि जग सोई॥ पति बंचक परपति रति करई। रौरव नरक कल्प सत परई॥ ८ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

binu avasara bhaya teṃ raha joī। jānehu adhama nāri jaga soī॥ pati baṃcaka parapati rati karī। raurava naraka kalpa sata parī॥ 8 ॥

Meaning

And the woman who remains faithful only because there is no opportunity or because of fear—know her to be a low woman in the world. The woman who deceives her husband and seeks love with another's husband remains in the terrible Raurava hell for a hundred kalpas.

Context

This is Chaupai 8, Under Doha 5 from Aranya Kand, in the episode “Anasuya Instructs Sita”. The episode describes Sita's meeting with Anasuya and her teaching on the sacred vow of wifely devotion.

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