Joi punchhihi tehi utaru deba

Chaupai 3, Under Doha 146 · Ayodhya Kand

Chaupai Text

जोइ पूँछिहि तेहि ऊतरु देबा। जाइ अवध अब यहु सुखु लेबा॥ पूँछिहि जबहिं राउ दुख दीना। जिवनु जासु रघुनाथ अधीना॥ ३ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

joi pūñchihi tehi ūtaru debā। jāi avadha aba yahu sukhu lebā॥ pūñchihi jabahiṃ rāu dukha dīnā। jivanu jāsu raghunātha adhīnā॥ 3 ॥

Meaning

Whoever asks will have to be given the same answer! Alas, in Ayodhya this is the only peace I shall now have to bear! When the king, crushed by sorrow, whose very life depends on Lord Raghunath, asks me,

Context

This is Chaupai 3, Under Doha 146 from Ayodhya Kand, in the episode “Sumantra Returns to a Grieving Ayodhya”. The episode describes Sumantra's return to a grief-stricken Ayodhya with an empty chariot after separating from Rama.

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