Lakhi nares bat phuri sanchi
Chaupai 3, Under Doha 34 · Ayodhya Kand
Chaupai Text
लखी नरेस बात फुरि साँची। तिय मिस मीचु सीस पर नाची॥ गहि पद बिनय कीन्ह बैठारी। जनि दिनकर कुल होसि कुठारी॥ ३ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
lakhī naresa bāta phuri sāṃcī। tiya misa mīchu sīsa para nācī॥ gahi pada binaya kīna baiṭhārī। jani dinakara kula hosa kuṭhārī॥ 3 ॥
Meaning
The king understood that the matter was truly, indeed, true: under the pretext of a woman, death itself was dancing on his head. Then, holding Kaikeyi's feet and seating her, he pleaded, 'Do not become an axe for the Solar dynasty-tree.'
Context
This is Chaupai 3, Under Doha 34 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.