Tehi avasar raghubar rukh pai
Tehi avasar raghubar rukh pai
Chaupai 1, Under Doha 153 · Ayodhya Kand
Chaupai Text
तेहि अवसर रघुबर रुख पाई। केवट पारहि नाव चलाई॥ रघुकुलतिलक चले एहि भाँती। देखउँ ठाढ़ कुलिस धरि छाती॥ १ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
tehi avasara raghuvara rukha pāī। kevaṭa pārahi nāva calāī॥ raghukulatilaka cale ehi bhāṃtī। dekhauṃ ṭhāḍha kulisa dhari chātī॥ 1 ॥
Meaning
At that very moment, seeing Rama's intention, the boatman rowed the boat across. In this way, the crown jewel of Raghu's line set forth, and I stood there, as if holding a thunderbolt upon my chest, watching.
Context
This is Chaupai 1, Under Doha 153 from Ayodhya Kand, in the episode “Dashrath's Last Words and His Death”. The episode describes Dasharatha's grief-stricken final words to Sumantra and his death from separation from Rama.
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