Paithat nagar sachiv sakuchai

Chaupai 2, Under Doha 147 · Ayodhya Kand

Chaupai Text

पैठत नगर सचिव सकुचाई। जनु मारेसि गुर बाँभन गाई॥ बैठि बिटप तर दिवसु गवाँवा। साँझ समय तब अवसरु पावा॥ २ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

paiṭhata nagara saciva sakucāī। janu māresi guru bāṁbhana gāī॥ baiṭhi biṭapa tara divasu gavāṃvā। sāñjha samaya taba avasaru pāvā॥ 2 ॥

Meaning

As the minister entered the city, he shrank in embarrassment, as if he had come after killing a guru, a Brahmin, or a cow. He spent the whole day sitting beneath a tree. Only when evening came did he find the chance.

Context

This is Chaupai 2, Under Doha 147 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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