Jiai min baru bari bihina
Jiai min baru bari bihina
Chaupai 1, Under Doha 33 · Ayodhya Kand
Chaupai Text
जिऐ मीन बरु बारि बिहीना। मनि बिनु फनिकु जिऐ दुख दीना॥ कहउँ सुभाउ न छलु मन माहीं। जीवनु मोर राम बिनु नाहीं॥ १ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
jiai mīna baru bāri bihīnā। mani binu phaniku jiai dukha dīnā॥ kahauṃ subhāu na chalu mana māhīṃ। jīvanu mora rāma binu nāhīṃ॥ 1 ॥
Meaning
A fish may live without water, and a snake may live sorrowfully without its jewel; but I speak from my very nature, with no deceit in my heart: my life is not without Rama.
Context
This is Chaupai 1, Under 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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