Chakka chakki jimi pur nar nari

Chaupai 1, Under Doha 187 · Ayodhya Kand

Chaupai Text

चक्क चक्कि जिमि पुर नर नारी। चहत प्रात उर आरत भारी॥ जागत सब निसि भयउ बिहाना। भरत बोलाए सचिव सुजाना॥ १ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

cakka cakki jimi pura nara nārī। cahata prāta ura ārata bhārī॥ jāgata saba nisi bhayau bihānā। bharata bolāe saciva sujānā॥ 1 ॥

Meaning

The men and women of the city, like the chakwa and chakwi birds, were deeply afflicted in their hearts and longed for morning to come. The night passed in wakefulness, and dawn arrived. Then Bharata called his wise ministers.

Context

This is Chaupai 1, Under Doha 187 from Ayodhya Kand, in the episode “Bharata and Ayodhya Depart for the Forest”. The episode describes Bharata, Shatrughna, queens, sages, and Ayodhya's citizens journeying to the forest to meet Rama.

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