Surapati sut dhari bayas besha

Chaupai 3, Under Doha 1 · Aranya Kand

Chaupai Text

सुरपति सुत धरि बायस बेषा। सठ चाहत रघुपति बल देखा॥ जिमि पिपीलिका सागर थाहा। महा मंदमति पावन चाहा॥ ३ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

surapati suta dhari bāyasa beṣā। saṭha cāhata raghupati bala dekhā॥ jimi pipīlikā sāgara thāhā। mahā mandamati pāvana cāhā॥ 3 ॥

Meaning

Indra's son, taking the form of a crow, wanted to test the strength of Lord Raghupati. It was like a great fool of an ant wanting to measure the depth of the ocean.

Context

This is Chaupai 3, 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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