Lakhan kahe kachhu bachan kathora

Chaupai 4, Under Doha 152 · Ayodhya Kand

Chaupai Text

लखन कहे कछु बचन कठोरा। बरजि राम पुनि मोहि निहोरा॥ बार बार निज सपथ देवाई। कहबि न तात लखन लरिकाई॥ ४ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

lakhana kahe kachu bacana kaṭhorā। baraji rāma puni mohi nihorā॥ bāra bāra nija sapatha devāī। kahabi na tāt lakhana larikāī॥ 4 ॥

Meaning

Lakshmana spoke some harsh words. But Shri Rama rebuked him, then appealed to me again and again and made me swear repeatedly, saying, 'Dear father, do not mention Lakshmana's childishness there.'

Context

This is Chaupai 4, Under Doha 152 from Ayodhya Kand, in the episode “Dashrath's Last Words and His Death”. The episode describes Dasharatha's grief-stricken final words to Sumantra and his death from separation from Rama.

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