Soch sumantr bikal dukh dina
Soch sumantr bikal dukh dina
Chaupai 2, Under Doha 144 · Ayodhya Kand
Chaupai Text
सोच सुमंत्र बिकल दुख दीना। धिग जीवन रघुबीर बिहीना॥ रहिहि न अंतहुँ अधम सरीरू। जसु न लहेउ बिछुरत रघुबीरू॥ २ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
socha sumantra bikala dukha dīnā। dhiga jīvana raghubīra bihīnā॥ rahihi na antahũ adhama sarīrū। jasu na laheu bichurata raghubīrū॥ 2 ॥
Meaning
Sumantra, overwhelmed and helpless with grief, thinks: "Cursed is life without Lord Raghubir. This vile body cannot even remain. Why did it not end and attain fame at the moment it was separated from Rama?"
Context
This is Chaupai 2, Under Doha 144 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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