Bibidhi katha kahi kahi mridu bani
Chaupai 2, Under Doha 143 · Ayodhya Kand
Chaupai Text
बिबिधि कथा कहि कहि मृदु बानी। रथ बैठारेउ बरबस आनी॥ सोक सिथिल रथु सकइ न हाँकी। रघुबर बिरह पीर उर बाँकी॥ २ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
bibidhi kathā kahi kahi mṛdu bānī। ratha baiṭhāreu barabasa ānī॥ soka sithila rathu sakai na hāṅkī। raghubara biraha pīra ura bāṅkī॥ 2 ॥
Meaning
Speaking gently and telling one story after another, Nishada somehow made Sumantra sit in the chariot. But grief had made him so weak that he could not drive it. In his heart there was a deep pain of separation from Rama.
Context
This is Chaupai 2, Under Doha 143 from Ayodhya Kand, in the episode “Sumantra Returns to a Grieving Ayodhya”. The episode describes Sumantra's return to a grief-stricken Ayodhya with an empty chariot after separating from Rama.