Uthe lakhanu prabhu sovat jani

Chaupai 1, Under Doha 90 · Ayodhya Kand

Chaupai Text

उठे लखनु प्रभु सोवत जानी। कहि सचिवहि सोवन मृदु बानी॥ कछुक दूरि सजि बान सरासन। जागन लगे बैठि बीरासन॥ १ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

uṭhe lakhanu prabhu sovat jānī। kahi sacivahi sovana mṛdu bānī॥ kachuka dūri saja bāna sarāsana। jāgana lage baiṭhi vīrāsana॥ 1 ॥

Meaning

When Lakshmana saw that the Lord was sleeping, he arose and, in a gentle voice, told Sumantra to sleep. A little apart, equipped with bow and arrows, he sat in the warrior's posture and kept watch.

Context

This is Chaupai 1, Under Doha 90 from Ayodhya Kand, in the episode “Lakshmana and Nishad, Sumantra Returns”. The episode describes Lakshmana and Nishad's deep dialogue and Sumantra's sorrowful farewell return to Ayodhya.

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