Ehi ten kavan byatha balvana

Chaupai 4, Under Doha 81 · Ayodhya Kand

Chaupai Text

एहि तें कवन ब्यथा बलवाना। जो दुखु पाइ तजहिं तनु प्राना॥ पुनि धरि धीर कहइ नरनाहू। लै रथु संग सखा तुम्ह जाहू॥ ४ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

ehi teṃ kavana byathā balavānā। jo dukhu pāi tajahiṃ tanu prānā॥ puni dhari dhīra kahai naranāhū। lai rathu saṃga sakhā tumha jāhū॥ 4 ॥

Meaning

What grief can be stronger than this, that when such sorrow comes, the soul and life should leave the body? Then, steadying himself, the king said: 'O friend, take the chariot and go with Rama.'

Context

This is Chaupai 4, Under Doha 81 from Ayodhya Kand, in the episode “Departure for the Forest, Ayodhya Left Behind”. The episode describes Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana departing for the forest while Ayodhya's grieving citizens are left sleeping behind.

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