Pran kanthagat bhayau bhualu
Pran kanthagat bhayau bhualu
Chaupai 1, Under Doha 154 · Ayodhya Kand
Chaupai Text
प्रान कंठगत भयउ भुआलू। मनि बिहीन जनु ब्याकुल ब्यालू॥ इंद्रीं सकल बिकल भइँ भारी। जनु सर सरसिज बनु बिनु बारी॥ १ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
prāna kaṃṭhagata bhayau bhuālū। mani bihīna janu byākula byālū॥ iṃdrīṃ sakala bikala bhaĩ bhārī। janu sara sarasija bana binu bārī॥ 1 ॥
Meaning
The king's life seemed to rise to his throat. It was as if a serpent without a jewel had become restless and dying. All his senses were utterly distressed, like a forest of lotuses in a lake bereft of water.
Context
This is Chaupai 1, Under Doha 154 from Ayodhya Kand, in the episode “Dashrath's Last Words and His Death”. The episode describes Dasharatha's grief-stricken final words to Sumantra and his death from separation from Rama.
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