Hat bat ghar galim athaim

Chaupai 2, Under Doha 11 · Ayodhya Kand

Chaupai Text

हाट बाट घर गलीं अथाईं। कहहिं परसपर लोग लोगाईं॥ कालि लगन भलि केतिक बारा। पूजिहि बिधि अभिलाषु हमारा॥ २ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

hāṭa bāṭa ghara galīṃ athāīṃ। kahahiṃ paraspara loga logāīṃ॥ kāli lagana bhali ketika bārā। pūjihi bidhi abhilāṣu hamārā॥ 2 ॥

Meaning

In markets, roads, houses, lanes, and on platforms, men and women everywhere are saying to one another, “How soon will tomorrow’s auspicious moment arrive, when Providence will fulfill our wish?”

Context

This is Chaupai 2, Under Doha 11 from Ayodhya Kand, in the episode “Coronation Preparations, Gods Pray to Saraswati”. The episode describes Ayodhya's coronation preparations and the anxious gods pleading Saraswati to bring about Rama's exile.

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