Pitu aayas bhushan basan taat taje

Doha 165 · Ayodhya Kand

Doha Text

पितु आयस भूषन बसन तात तजे रघुबीर। बिसमउ हरषु न हृदयँ कछु पहिरे बलकल चीर॥ १६५ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

pitu āyasa bhūṣana basana tāta taje raghubīra। bisamau haraṣu na hṛdayaṃ kachu pahire balakala cīra॥ 165 ॥

Meaning

Dear one, by the Father's command Lord Raghubir gave up ornaments and garments and put on bark clothing. In His heart there was neither sorrow nor joy.

Context

This is Doha 165 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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