Jivan lahu lakhan bhal pava

Chaupai 4, Under Doha 182 · Ayodhya Kand

Chaupai Text

जीवन लाहु लखन भल पावा। सबु तजि राम चरन मनु लावा॥ मोर जनम रघुबर बन लागी। झूठ काह पछिताउँ अभागी॥ ४ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

jīvana lāhu lakhana bhal pāvā। sabu taji rāma carana manu lāvā॥ mora janama raghubara bana lāgī। jhuṭha kāha pachitāũ abhāgī॥ 4 ॥

Meaning

Lakshmana has gained the best reward of life: giving up everything, he fixed his mind on Rama's feet. My birth was meant for Raghubar's exile to the forest. Being unlucky, why should I lament in vain?

Context

This is Chaupai 4, Under Doha 182 from Ayodhya Kand, in the episode “Vashishtha Counsels Bharata, Journey Planned”. The episode describes Vashishtha counseling Bharata on dharma and preparations to journey to Chitrakoot to bring Rama back.

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