As bichari soi karahu jo bhava

Chaupai 3, Under Doha 79 · Ayodhya Kand

Chaupai Text

अस बिचारि सोइ करहु जो भावा। राम जननि सिख सुनि सुखु पावा॥ भूपहि बचन बानसम लागे। करहिं न प्रान पयान अभागे॥ ३ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

asa bicāri soi karahu jo bhāvā। rāma janani sikha suni sukhu pāvā॥ bhūpahi bacana bānasaṃ lage। karahiṃ na prāna payāna abhāge॥ 3 ॥

Meaning

Think on this and do whatever pleases you. Hearing his mother's advice, Rama felt great joy. But the king found those words arrow-like. He thought, 'Why do these wretched breaths not leave me yet?'

Context

This is Chaupai 3, Under Doha 79 from Ayodhya Kand, in the episode “Departure for the Forest, Ayodhya Left Behind”. The episode describes Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana departing for the forest while Ayodhya's grieving citizens are left sleeping behind.

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