Mangal sakal sohahim na kaisen

Chaupai 4, Under Doha 37 · Ayodhya Kand

Chaupai Text

मंगल सकल सोहाहिं न कैसें। सहगामिनिहि बिभूषन जैसें॥ तेहि निसि नीद परी नहिं काहू। राम दरस लालसा उछाहू॥ ४ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

maṅgala sakala sohāhĩ na kaisẽ। sahagāminihi bibhūṣana jaisẽ॥ tehi nisi nīda parī nahiṃ kāhū। rāma darasa lālasā uchāhū॥ 4 ॥

Meaning

How could all these auspicious signs fail to please the king, as ornaments please a woman who is going to die with her husband? That night, no one slept, for longing for Rama's sight and eager excitement filled every heart.

Context

This is Chaupai 4, Under Doha 37 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.

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