Kari kehari ban jai na joi

Chaupai 4, Under Doha 112 · Ayodhya Kand

Chaupai Text

करि केहरि बन जाइ न जोई। हम सँग चलहिं जो आयसु होई॥ जाब जहाँ लगि तहँ पहुँचाई। फिरब बहोरि तुम्हहि सिरु नाई॥ ४ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

Kari kehari bana jāi na joi। Hama saṅga calahiṃ jo āyasu hoī॥ Jāba jahāṃ lagi tahaṃ pahucāī। Firaba bahori tumhahi siru nāī॥ 4 ॥

Meaning

This terrible forest, full of elephants and lions, is not even fit to be looked at. If you command us, we shall go with you. We will escort you wherever you go, and then return after bowing to you.

Context

This is Chaupai 4, Under Doha 112 from Ayodhya Kand, in the episode “Saluting the Yamuna, Forest Folk's Love”. The episode describes Rama's salutation to Yamuna and loving darshan given to forest and village folk.

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