Hot pratu munibesh dhari jaun na

Doha 33 · Ayodhya Kand

Doha Text

होत प्रातु मुनिबेष धरि जौं न रामु बन जाहिं। मोर मरनु राउर अजस नृप समुझिअ मन माहिं॥ ३३ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

hota prātu munibeṣa dhari jauṃ na rāmu bana jāhīṃ। mora maranu rāuri ajasa nṛpa samujhia mana māhīṃ॥ 33 ॥

Meaning

If, at dawn, Rama does not go to the forest in ascetic dress, then, O king, understand in your heart that my death will come and your disgrace will follow.

Context

This is Doha 33 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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