Purajan milahim na kahahim kachhu gavahim

Doha 158 · Ayodhya Kand

Doha Text

पुरजन मिलहिं न कहहिं कछु गवँहिं जोहारहिं जाहिं। भरत कुसल पूँछि न सकहिं भय बिषाद मन माहिं॥ १५८ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

purajana milahiṃ na kahahiṃ kachaṃu gavahiṃ johārahiṃ jāhiṃ। bharata kusala pūṃchi na sakahiṃ bhaya biṣāda mana māhiṃ॥ 158 ॥

Meaning

The townspeople met him, but said nothing; they merely bowed in silence and departed. Bharata too could not ask anyone about their welfare, for fear and sorrow had filled his mind.

Context

This is Doha 158 from Ayodhya Kand, in the episode “Bharata and Shatrughna Arrive and Grieve”. The episode describes Bharata and Shatrughna returning to grief-stricken Ayodhya on learning of Dasharatha's death and Rama's exile.

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