Puni kah katu kathor kaikei

Chaupai 2, Under Doha 35 · Ayodhya Kand

Chaupai Text

पुनि कह कटु कठोर कैकेई। मनहुँ घाय महुँ माहुर देई॥ जौं अंतहुँ अस करतबु रहेऊ। मागु मागु तुम्ह केहिं बल कहेऊ॥ २ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

puni kaha kaṭu kaṭhora kaikēī। manahuṃ ghāya mahuṃ māhura dēī॥ jauṃ antahuṃ asa karatabu rahēū। māgu māgu tumha kehiṃ bala kahēū॥ 2 ॥

Meaning

Kaikeyi then spoke harsh and bitter words, as though pouring poison into a wound. She said, 'If this is what you intended to do in the end, on what strength did you say, “Ask, ask”?'

Context

This is Chaupai 2, Under Doha 35 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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