Bilapat rau bikal bahu bhanti

Chaupai 2, Under Doha 155 · Ayodhya Kand

Chaupai Text

बिलपत राउ बिकल बहु भाँती। भइ जुग सरिस सिराति न राती॥ तापस अंध साप सुधि आई। कौसल्यहि सब कथा सुनाई॥ २ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

bilapata rāu bikala bahu bhāṃtī। bhai juga sarisa sirāti na rātī॥ tāpasa aṃdha sāpa sudhi āī। kausalyahi saba kathā sunāī॥ 2 ॥

Meaning

The king, grief-stricken, lamented in many ways. That night became as long as an age and would not pass. He remembered the curse of the blind ascetic and told the whole story to Kaushalya.

Context

This is Chaupai 2, Under Doha 155 from Ayodhya Kand, in the episode “Dashrath's Last Words and His Death”. The episode describes Dasharatha's grief-stricken final words to Sumantra and his death from separation from Rama.

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