Avat dekhi adhik rav baji
Avat dekhi adhik rav baji
Chaupai 1, Under Doha 157 · Bal Kand
Chaupai Text
आवत देखि अधिक रव बाजी। चलेउ बराह मरुत गति भाजी॥ तुरत कीन्ह नृप सर संधाना। महि मिलि गयउ बिलोकत बाना॥ १ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
āvata dekhi adhika rava bājī। caleu barāha maruta gati bhājī॥ turata kīnha nṛpa sara sandhānā। mahi mili gayau bilokata bānā॥ 1 ॥
Meaning
Seeing the horse coming toward him with loud noise, the boar fled at the speed of the wind. The king quickly fitted an arrow to his bow. As soon as the boar saw the arrow, it hid itself in the ground.
Context
This is Chaupai 1, Under Doha 157 from Bal Kand, in the episode “The Story of King Pratapbhanu”. The episode describes King Pratapbhanu's deception, brahmin's curse, and the downfall that shaped Ravana's birth.
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