Kai tapas tiy kanan jogu
Kai tapas tiy kanan jogu
Chaupai 2, Under Doha 60 · Ayodhya Kand
Chaupai Text
कै तापस तिय कानन जोगू। जिन्ह तप हेतु तजा सब भोगू॥ सिय बन बसिहि तात केहि भाँती। चित्रलिखित कपि देखि डेराती॥ २ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
kai tāpasa tiya kānana jogū। jinha tapa hetu tajā saba bhogū॥ siya bana basihi tāta kehi bhāṃtī। citra likhita kapi dekhi ḍerātī॥ 2 ॥
Meaning
Or perhaps ascetics’ wives are fit to live in the forest, since they have renounced all pleasures for the sake of penance. O son, how could Sita live in the forest if she is frightened even by seeing a painted monkey?
Context
This is Chaupai 2, Under Doha 60 from Ayodhya Kand, in the episode “Ram Tells Kaushalya of His Exile”. The episode describes Rama's gentle words informing Kaushalya of exile and her grief-stricken yet noble acceptance.
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