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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