Satya kahahim kabi nari subhau

Chaupai 4, Under Doha 47 · Ayodhya Kand

Chaupai Text

सत्य कहहिं कबि नारि सुभाऊ। सब बिधि अगहु अगाध दुराऊ॥ निज प्रतिबिंबु बरुकु गहि जाई। जानि न जाइ नारि गति भाई॥ ४ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

satya kahahiṃ kabi nāri subhāū। saba bidhi agahu agādha durāū॥ nija pratibiṃbu baruku gahi jāī। jāni na jāi nāri gati bhāī॥ 4 ॥

Meaning

Poets truly say that a woman's nature is, in every way, unfathomable, boundless, and secretive. One may catch even her reflection, but brother, a woman's ways cannot be known.

Context

This is Chaupai 4, Under Doha 47 from Ayodhya Kand, in the episode “Ram-Dashrath Dialogue, Appeals to Kaikeyi”. The episode describes Rama consoling Dasharatha, Ayodhya's deep grief, and failed appeals to Kaikeyi.

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