Malin basan bibaran bikal kris sarir

Doha 163 · Ayodhya Kand

Doha Text

मलिन बसन बिबरन बिकल कृस सरीर दुख भार। कनक कलप बर बेलि बन मानहुँ हनी तुसार॥ १६३ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

malina basana bibarana bikalā kṛsa sarīra dukha bhāra। kanaka kalapa bara beli bana mānahuṃ hanī tusāra॥ 163 ॥

Meaning

Kaushalya is in soiled clothes, her complexion has changed, and she is distraught; her body has withered under the burden of sorrow. She appears like a beautiful golden wish-creeper scorched by frost in the forest.

Context

This is Doha 163 from Ayodhya Kand, in the episode “Bharata and Kaushalya, Dashrath's Funeral Rites”. The episode describes Bharata's grief-filled meeting with Kaushalya and King Dasharatha's funeral rites guided by sage Vashishtha.

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