Ehi bidhi rau manahim man jhamkha

Chaupai 1, Under Doha 30 · Ayodhya Kand

Chaupai Text

एहि बिधि राउ मनहिं मन झाँखा। देखि कुभाँति कुमति मन माखा॥ भरतु कि राउर पूत न होंही। आनेहु मोल बेसाहि कि मोही॥ १ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

ehi bidhi rāu manahiṃ mana jhāṃkhā। dekhi kubhāṃti kumati mana mākhā॥ bharatu ki rāura pūta na hoṃhī। ānehu mola besāhi ki mohī॥ 1 ॥

Meaning

In this way the king was fretting inwardly. Seeing the king in such a state, the wicked-minded Kaikeyi grew deeply angry and said, 'Is Bharat not your son? Did you buy me for a price? Am I not your married wife?'

Context

This is Chaupai 1, 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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