Nadi punit puran bakhani

Chaupai 3, Under Doha 132 · Ayodhya Kand

Chaupai Text

नदी पुनीत पुरान बखानी। अत्रिप्रिया निज तप बल आनी॥ सुरसरि धार नाउँ मंदाकिनि। जो सब पातक पोतक डाकिनि॥ ३ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

nadī punīta purāna bakhānī। atripriyā nija tapa bala ānī॥ surasari dhāra nāuṃ mandākini। jo saba pātaka potaka ḍākini॥ 3 ॥

Meaning

There is a sacred river there, praised in the Puranas, brought by Atri’s beloved through the power of her own austerity. It is a stream of the Ganga; its name is Mandakini. It is like a witch who devours all the children of sin.

Context

This is Chaupai 3, Under Doha 132 from Ayodhya Kand, in the episode “Rama's Meeting with Valmiki”. The episode describes Rama's meeting with Sage Valmiki and the spiritual teaching on the Lord's true abode.

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