Main ban jaun tumhahi lei satha

Chaupai 2, Under Doha 71 · Ayodhya Kand

Chaupai Text

मैं बन जाउँ तुम्हहि लेइ साथा। होइ सबहि बिधि अवध अनाथा॥ गुरु पितु मातु प्रजा परिवारू। सब कहुँ परइ दुसह दुख भारू॥ २ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

maiṃ bana jāuṃ tumhahi lei sāthā। hoi sabahi bidhi avadha anāthā॥ guru pitu mātu prajā parivārū। saba kahuṃ parai dusaha dukha bhārū॥ 2 ॥

Meaning

If I were to go to the forest with you in this condition, Ayodhya would become helpless in every way. A terrible burden of sorrow would fall upon the guru, father, mother, subjects, and the entire family.

Context

This is Chaupai 2, Under Doha 71 from Ayodhya Kand, in the episode “Lakshmana's Resolve to Follow Rama”. The episode describes Lakshmana's loving resolve to follow Rama into exile and Rama's counsel on duty.

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