Raghubar kaheu lakhan bhal ghatu

Chaupai 1, Under Doha 133 · Ayodhya Kand

Chaupai Text

रघुबर कहेउ लखन भल घाटू। करहु कतहुँ अब ठाहर ठाटू॥ लखन दीख पय उतर करारा। चहुँ दिसि फिरेउ धनुष जिमि नारा॥ १ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

raghubara kaheu lakhan bhal ghāṭū। karahu katahūṁ aba ṭhāhara ṭhāṭū॥ lakhan dīkh paya utara karārā। cahūṁ disi phireu dhanuṣa jimi nārā॥ 1 ॥

Meaning

Rama said, “Lakshmana, this is a very good landing place. Make arrangements to stay here somewhere now.” Then Lakshmana saw the high northern bank of the Payasvini River and said, “A ditch runs all around it like a bow.”

Context

This is Chaupai 1, Under Doha 133 from Ayodhya Kand, in the episode “Settling at Chitrakoot, Kol and Bhil Service”. The episode describes Rama settling at Chitrakoot and the devoted service of Kol and Bhil tribes.

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