Kahi na sakat kachhu chitat thadhe

Chaupai 2, Under Doha 70 · Ayodhya Kand

Chaupai Text

कहि न सकत कछु चितवत ठाढ़े। मीनु दीन जनु जल तें काढ़े॥ सोचु हृदयँ बिधि का होनिहारा। सबु सुखु सुकृतु सिरान हमारा॥ २ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

kahi na sakata kachu citavata ṭhāṛhe। mīnu dīna janu jala teṃ kāṛhe॥ socu hṛdayaṃ bidhi kā honihārā। sabu sukhu sukṛtu sirāna hamārā॥ 2 ॥

Meaning

He could not say anything; he stood there looking on. [He had become so helpless, as if a fish had been taken out of water.] In his heart he thought, "O Fate, what is about to happen? Has all our happiness and merit come to an end?"

Context

This is Chaupai 2, Under Doha 70 from Ayodhya Kand, in the episode “Lakshmana's Resolve to Follow Rama”. The episode describes Lakshmana's loving resolve to follow Rama into exile and Rama's counsel on duty.

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