Tel navan bhari nrip tanu rakha

Chaupai 1, Under Doha 157 · Ayodhya Kand

Chaupai Text

तेल नावँ भरि नृप तनु राखा। दूत बोलाइ बहुरि अस भाषा॥ धावहु बेगि भरत पहिं जाहू। नृप सुधि कतहुँ कहहु जनि काहू॥ १ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

tela nāvaṃ bhari nṛpa tanu rākhā। dūta bolāi bahuri asa bhāṣā॥ dhāvahu begi bharata pahiṃ jāhū। nṛpa sudhi katahuṃ kahahu jani kāhū॥ 1 ॥

Meaning

Vashishtha had a vessel filled with oil and preserved the king’s body in it. Then he called the messengers and said, “Go quickly to Bharata. Do not tell anyone the news of the king’s death.”

Context

This is Chaupai 1, Under Doha 157 from Ayodhya Kand, in the episode “Vashishtha Sends for Bharata”. The episode describes Sage Vashishtha sending secret messengers to summon Bharata and Shatrughna to Ayodhya after Dasharatha's death.

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