Ban hit kol kirat kisori

Chaupai 1, Under Doha 60 · Ayodhya Kand

Chaupai Text

बन हित कोल किरात किसोरी। रचीं बिरंचि बिषय सुख भोरी॥ पाहनकृमि जिमि कठिन सुभाऊ। तिन्हहि कलेसु न कानन काऊ॥ १ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

bana hita kola kirāta kisorī। racīṃ birañci biṣaya sukha bhorī॥ pāhanakṛmi jimi kaṭhina subhāū। tinhahi kalesu na kānana kāū॥ 1 ॥

Meaning

For the sake of the forest, Brahma fashioned the Kol and Kirat girls, who know nothing of sensual pleasure, and whose nature is hard like that of a stone-eating insect. They suffer no hardship in the forest.

Context

This is Chaupai 1, Under Doha 60 from Ayodhya Kand, in the episode “Ram Tells Kaushalya of His Exile”. The episode describes Rama's gentle words informing Kaushalya of exile and her grief-stricken yet noble acceptance.

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