Let soch bhari chhinu chhinu chhati

Chaupai 4, Under Doha 148 · Ayodhya Kand

Chaupai Text

लेत सोच भरि छिनु छिनु छाती। जनु जरि पंख परेउ संपाती॥ राम राम कह राम सनेही। पुनि कह राम लखन बैदेही॥ ४ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

leta soca bhari chinu chinu chātī। janu jari paṃkha pareu saṃpātī॥ rāma rāma kaha rāma sanehī। puni kaha rāma lakhana baidehī॥ 4 ॥

Meaning

At every moment, sorrow welled up in the king's chest. He was in such distress as if Sampati, the brother of Jatayu, had fallen after his wings were burned. Again and again the king cried, 'Rama, Rama,' 'O beloved Rama!' and then began to say, 'O Rama, O Lakshmana, O Sita.'

Context

This is Chaupai 4, Under Doha 148 from Ayodhya Kand, in the episode “Sumantra Returns to a Grieving Ayodhya”. The episode describes Sumantra's return to a grief-stricken Ayodhya with an empty chariot after separating from Rama.

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