Damini baran Lakhan suthi nike
Chaupai 4, Under Doha 115 · Ayodhya Kand
Chaupai Text
दामिनि बरन लखन सुठि नीके। नख सिख सुभग भावते जी के॥ मुनिपट कटिन्ह कसें तूनीरा। सोहहिं कर कमलनि धनु तीरा॥ ४ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
ḍāmini barana lakhana suṭhi nīke। nakha sikha subhaga bhāvate jī ke॥ munipaṭa kaṭinha kaseṃ tūnīrā। sohahiṃ kara kamalani dhanu tīrā॥ 4 ॥
Meaning
Lakshmana, with a lightning-like hue, appears most graceful. From head to toe he is beautiful and very pleasing to the heart. He wears the garments of a sage and has a quiver tightened at the waist. His lotus-like hands are adorned with bow and arrows.
Context
This is Chaupai 4, Under Doha 115 from Ayodhya Kand, in the episode “Saluting the Yamuna, Forest Folk's Love”. The episode describes Rama's salutation to Yamuna and loving darshan given to forest and village folk.