Samujhi dekhu jiyan priya prabina

Chaupai 2, Under Doha 33 · Ayodhya Kand

Chaupai Text

समुझि देखु जियँ प्रिया प्रबीना। जीवनु राम दरस आधीना॥ सुनि मृदु बचन कुमति अति जरई। मनहुँ अनल आहुति घृत परई॥ २ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

samujhi dekhu jiyaṃ priyā pravīnā। jīvanu rāma darasa ādhīnā॥ suni mṛdu bacana kumati ati jarī। manahuṃ anala āhuti ghṛta parī॥ 2 ॥

Meaning

O wise beloved, understand this in your heart: my life depends on the sight of Rama. Hearing the king's gentle words, evil-minded Kaikeyi burns fiercely, as though ghee were being offered into a fire.

Context

This is Chaupai 2, Under Doha 33 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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