Den kahehu ab jani baru dehu
Den kahehu ab jani baru dehu
Chaupai 3, Under Doha 30 · Ayodhya Kand
Chaupai Text
देन कहेहु अब जनि बरु देहू। तजहु सत्य जग अपजसु लेहू॥ सत्य सराहि कहेहु बरु देना। जानेहु लेइहि मागि चबेना॥ ३ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
dena kahehu aba jani baru dehū। tajahu satya jaga apajasu lehū॥ satya sarāhi kahehu baru denā। jānehu leiihi māgi cabenā॥ 3 ॥
Meaning
You yourself said you would grant boons; now if you wish, do not give it. Forsake truth and accept infamy in the world. You praised truth and spoke of granting boons—thinking that she would ask for only a little parched grain!
Context
This is Chaupai 3, Under Doha 30 from Ayodhya Kand, in the episode “Kaikeyi's Demands, Sumantra Summons Ram”. The episode describes Kaikeyi's two cruel demands plunging Dasharatha into grief, and Sumantra summoning Rama.
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