Ram janani jab aihi dhai

Chaupai 2, Under Doha 146 · Ayodhya Kand

Chaupai Text

राम जननि जब आइहि धाई। सुमिरि बच्छु जिमि धेनु लवाई॥ पूँछत उतरु देब मैं तेही।गे बनु राम लखनु बैदेही॥ २ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

rāma janani jaba āihi dhāī। sumiri bacchū jimi dhenu lavāī॥ pūñchata utaru deba maiṃ tehī। ge bana rāma lakhanu baidehī॥ 2 ॥

Meaning

When Rama's mother comes running, just as a cow that has recently calved runs to her calf, then when she asks me, I will have to answer that Rama, Lakshmana, and Sita have gone to the forest.

Context

This is Chaupai 2, Under Doha 146 from Ayodhya Kand, in the episode “Sumantra Returns to a Grieving Ayodhya”. The episode describes Sumantra's return to a grief-stricken Ayodhya with an empty chariot after separating from Rama.

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