Kehi hetu rani risani parasat pani
Chhand, Under Doha 25 · Ayodhya Kand
Chhand Text
केहि हेतु रानि रिसानि परसत पानि पतिहि नेवारई। मानहुँ सरोष भुअंग भामिनि बिषम भाँति निहारई॥ दोउ बासना रसना दसन बर मरम ठाहरु देखई। तुलसी नृपति भवतब्यता बस काम कौतुक लेखई॥
Transliteration (IAST)
kehi hetu rāni risāni parasata pāni patihi nevāraī। mānahuṃ saroṣa bhuaṃga bhāmini biṣama bhāṃti nihāraī॥ dou bāsanā rasanā dasana bara marama ṭhāhuru dekhī। tulasī nṛpati bhavatabyatā basa kāma kautuka lekhaī॥
Meaning
"Why are you angry, O queen?' Saying this, when the king touched her with his hand, she pushed his hand away. She looked as though a venomous serpent, full of anger, were staring with cruel eyes. The two boons are like the serpent's two tongues, and the two boons are the teeth; she seems to be seeking a place to strike. Tulsidas says that King Dasharatha, bound by fate, takes this shaking off of his hand and serpent-like glance as only Cupid's play.
Context
This is Chhand, Under Doha 25 from Ayodhya Kand, in the episode “Kaikeyi's Demands, Sumantra Summons Ram”. The episode describes Kaikeyi's two cruel demands plunging Dasharatha into grief, and Sumantra summoning Rama.