Jab lagi jiaun kahaun kar jori

Chaupai 4, Under Doha 36 · Ayodhya Kand

Chaupai Text

जब लगि जिऔं कहउँ कर जोरी। तब लगि जनि कछु कहसि बहोरी॥ फिरि पछितैहसि अंत अभागी। मारसि गाइ नहारू लागी॥ ४ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

jaba lagi jiaum̐ kahauṃ kara jorī। taba lagi jani kachhu kahasi bahorī॥ phiri pachitaihasi anta abhāgī। mārasi gāi nahārū lāgī॥ 4 ॥

Meaning

I beg with folded hands: as long as I live, do not speak again. Otherwise, you wretched one, you will regret it in the end—you are killing the cow for the sake of the tether.

Context

This is Chaupai 4, Under Doha 36 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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