Lochan sajal dith bhai thori

Chaupai 2, Under Doha 145 · Ayodhya Kand

Chaupai Text

लोचन सजल डीठि भइ थोरी। सुनइ न श्रवन बिकल मति भोरी॥ सूखहिं अधर लागि मुहँ लाटी। जिउ न जाइ उर अवधि कपाटी॥ २ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

locana sajala ḍīṭhi bhai thorī। sunai na śravana bikala mati bhorī॥ sūkhahĩ adhara lāgi muhã lāṭī। jiu na jāi ura avadhi kapāṭī॥ 2 ॥

Meaning

His eyes are full of tears and his sight has grown dim. He cannot hear properly, and his bewildered mind is losing steadiness. His lips are drying up, as though a stick has been placed in his mouth. Yet the life does not depart, because the door-like bars of hope remain in the heart: that after the fourteen years, the Lord will return.

Context

This is Chaupai 2, Under Doha 145 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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