Soch bikal bibaran mahi pareu
Chaupai 4, Under Doha 38 · Ayodhya Kand
Chaupai Text
सोच बिकल बिबरन महि परेऊ। मानहुँ कमल मूलु परिहरेऊ॥ सचिउ सभीत सकइ नहिं पूँछी। बोली असुभ भरी सुभ छूँछी॥ ४ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
soca bikala bibarana mahi pareū। mānahuṃ kamala mūlu parihareū॥ saciu sabhīta sakai nahiṃ pūṃchī। bolī asubha bharī subha chūṃchī॥ 4 ॥
Meaning
[It was seen that] the king was overwhelmed with worry, and the color had left his face. He lay on the ground as if a lotus, torn from its roots, had withered and fallen. The minister, terrified, could not ask anything. Then Kaikeyi, filled with inauspicious intent and bereft of all goodness, spoke:
Context
This is Chaupai 4, Under Doha 38 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.