Lachhiman kar prathamahim lai nama

Chaupai 8, Under Doha 27 · Aranya Kand

Chaupai Text

लछिमन कर प्रथमहिं लै नामा। पाछें सुमिरेसि मन महुँ रामा॥ प्रान तजत प्रगटेसि निज देहा। सुमिरेसि रामु समेत सनेहा॥ ८ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

lachimana kara prathamahiṃ lai nāmā। pāchẽ sumiresi mana mahuṃ rāmā॥ prāna tajata pragaṭesi nija dehā। sumiresi rāmu sameta sanehā॥ 8 ॥

Meaning

First he took Lakshmana's name, and afterward remembered Rama in his heart. As life departed, he revealed his own body and remembered Rama with love.

Context

This is Chaupai 8, Under Doha 27 from Aranya Kand, in the episode “Golden Deer and Maricha's Death”. The episode describes Maricha disguising as a golden deer, his death by Rama's arrow, and receiving liberation.

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