Tab kah gidh bachan dhari dhira

Chaupai 1, Under Doha 31 · Aranya Kand

Chaupai Text

तब कह गीध बचन धरि धीरा। सुनहु राम भंजन भव भीरा॥ नाथ दसानन यह गति कीन्ही। तेहिं खल जनकसुता हरि लीन्ही॥ १ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

taba kaha gīdha bacana dhari dhīrā। sunahu rāma bhañjana bhava bhīrā॥ ātha dasānana yaha gati kīnhī। tehiṃ khala janakasutā hari līnhī॥ 1 ॥

Meaning

Then the vulture, gathering his composure, spoke these words: "Listen, Rama, destroyer of the fear of worldly existence. O Lord, Ravana has brought me to this condition; that wicked one has carried off Janaki."

Context

This is Chaupai 1, Under Doha 31 from Aranya Kand, in the episode “Ram's Lament and Jatayu's End”. The episode describes Rama's anguished lament for Sita and Jatayu's blessed release after revealing Ravana's deed.

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