Tapas besh biseshi udasi
Chaupai 2, Under Doha 29 · Ayodhya Kand
Chaupai Text
तापस बेष बिसेषि उदासी। चौदह बरिस रामु बनबासी॥ सुनि मृदु बचन भूप हियँ सोकू। ससि कर छुअत बिकल जिमि कोकू॥ २ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
tāpasa beṣa biseṣi udāsī। caudah barisa rāmu banabāsī॥ suni mṛdu bacana bhūpa hiyaṃ sokū। sasi kara chuata bikala jimi kokū॥ 2 ॥
Meaning
In the guise of an ascetic, with complete detachment, Rama should live in the forest for fourteen years, like a renunciant monk. Hearing Kaikeyi’s gentle words, the king’s heart was struck with sorrow, as a bird grows distressed at the touch of moonbeams.
Context
This is Chaupai 2, Under Doha 29 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.