Bipr bibeki bedabid sanmat sadhu sujati

Doha 144 · Ayodhya Kand

Doha Text

बिप्र बिबेकी बेदबिद संमत साधु सुजाति। जिमि धोखें मदपान कर सचिव सोच तेहि भाँति॥ १४४ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

bipra bibekī bedabida saṃmata sādhu sujāti। jimi dhokhẽ madapāna kara saciva soca tehi bhāṃti॥ 144 ॥

Meaning

Just as a discerning Brahmin, learned in the Veda, of saintly conduct, and of noble birth might be tricked into drinking wine and later repent, in the same way the minister Sumantra is brooding in sorrow.

Context

This is Doha 144 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.

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