As kahi matu bharatu hiyam lae

Chaupai 3, Under Doha 169 · Ayodhya Kand

Chaupai Text

अस कहि मातु भरतु हियँ लाए। थन पय स्रवहिं नयन जल छाए॥ करत बिलाप बहुत एहि भाँती। बैठेहिं बीति गई सब राती॥ ३ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

asa kahi mātu bharatu hiyã lāe। thana paya sravahiṃ nayana jala chāe॥ karata bilāpa bahuta ehi bhā̃tī। baiṭhehiṃ bīti gaī saba rātī॥ 3 ॥

Meaning

Saying this, Mother Kaushalya embraced Bharat to her heart. Milk began to flow from her breasts, and her eyes were filled with tears. In this way, lamenting greatly, the entire night passed while they remained seated.

Context

This is Chaupai 3, Under Doha 169 from Ayodhya Kand, in the episode “Bharata and Kaushalya, Dashrath's Funeral Rites”. The episode describes Bharata's grief-filled meeting with Kaushalya and King Dasharatha's funeral rites guided by sage Vashishtha.

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