Rup rasi bidhi nari samvari

Chaupai 5, Under Doha 22 · Aranya Kand

Chaupai Text

रूप रासि बिधि नारि सँवारी। रति सत कोटि तासु बलिहारी॥ तासु अनुज काटे श्रुति नासा। सुनि तव भगिनि करहिं परिहासा॥ ५ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

rūpa rāsi bidhi nāri saṃvārī। rati sata koṭi tāsu balihārī॥ tāsu anuja kāṭe śruti nāsā। suni tava bhagini karahiṃ parihāsā॥ 5 ॥

Meaning

The Creator fashioned that woman as a treasury of beauty; hundreds of millions of Ratis would be willing to sacrifice themselves to her. His younger brother cut off my nose and ears. Hearing this, they mocked me, saying, “your sister.”

Context

This is Chaupai 5, Under Doha 22 from Aranya Kand, in the episode “Shurpanakha Goes to Ravan, Maya Sita”. The episode describes Shurpanakha awakening Ravana's desire, Sita's entry into fire, and the appearance of Maya Sita.

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