Kubarin kari kabuli kaikei
Chaupai 1, Under Doha 22 · Ayodhya Kand
Chaupai Text
कुबरीं करि कबुली कैकेई। कपट छुरी उर पाहन टेई॥ लखइ न रानि निकट दुखु कैसें। चरइ हरित तिन बलिपसु जैसें॥ १ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
kubarīṃ kari kabulī kaikēī। kapaṭa churī ura pāhana ṭeī॥ lakhai na rāni nikaṭa dukhu kaisẽ। carai harita tina balipasu jaisẽ॥ 1 ॥
Meaning
Manthara, having completely ensnared Kaikeyi and made her her willing victim, sharpened the knife of deceit on the stone-like hardness of her heart. How could Queen Kaikeyi not see the sorrow approaching her, just as a sacrificial animal grazes on green grass without knowing that death is already poised above it?
Context
This is Chaupai 1, Under Doha 22 from Ayodhya Kand, in the episode “Saraswati Turns Manthara's Mind”. The episode describes Saraswati turning Manthara's mind and her scheming to incite Kaikeyi to claim her boons.