Ek bar chuni kusum suhae

Chaupai 2, Under Doha 1 · Aranya Kand

Chaupai Text

एक बार चुनि कुसुम सुहाए। निज कर भूषन राम बनाए॥ सीतहि पहिराए प्रभु सादर। बैठे फटिक सिला पर सुंदर॥ २ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

eka bāra cuni kusuma suhāe। nija kara bhūṣana rāma banāe॥ sītahi pahirāe prabhu sādara। baiṭhe phaṭika silā para sundara॥ 2 ॥

Meaning

Once, choosing lovely flowers, Shri Rama made ornaments with His own hands. With reverence, the Lord placed those ornaments on Sita, and He sat beautifully upon a crystal rock.

Context

This is Chaupai 2, Under Doha 1 from Aranya Kand, in the episode “Jayanta's Deceit and Its Consequence”. The episode describes Jayanta disguising as a crow, harming Sita, and seeking refuge from Rama's unerring arrow.

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