Nana bahan nanakara

Chaupai 3, Under Doha 18 · Aranya Kand

Chaupai Text

नाना बाहन नानाकारा। नानायुध धर घोर अपारा॥ सूपनखा आगें करि लीनी। असुभ रूप श्रुति नासा हीनी॥ ३ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

nānā bāhana nānākārā। nānāyudha dhara ghora apārā॥ sūpanakhā āgeṃ kari līnī। asubha rūpa śruti nāsā hīnī॥ 3 ॥

Meaning

They were mounted on many kinds of vehicles, of many forms, countless and terrible, bearing many kinds of weapons. They placed the nose-and-ears-less, ugly-faced Surpanakha at the front.

Context

This is Chaupai 3, Under Doha 18 from Aranya Kand, in the episode “Shurpanakha story, Khara-Dushana Slain”. The episode describes Shurpanakha inciting Khara-Dushana against Rama and their destruction along with their demon army.

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