Balaku boli badhaun nahin tohi
Balaku boli badhaun nahin tohi
Chaupai 3, Under Doha 272 · Bal Kand
Chaupai Text
बालकु बोलि बधउँ नहिं तोही। केवल मुनि जड़ जानहि मोही॥ बाल ब्रह्मचारी अति कोही। बिस्व बिदित छत्रियकुल द्रोही॥ ३ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
bālaku boli badhauṃ nahiṃ tohī। kevala muni jaḍa jānahi mohī॥ bāla brahmacārī ati kohī। bisva bidita chatriyakul drohī॥ 3 ॥
Meaning
I do not kill you merely because you are a child. O fool, do you think me only a sage? I am a lifelong celibate, exceedingly wrathful, and known throughout the world as an enemy of the Kshatriya line.
Context
This is Chaupai 3, Under Doha 272 from Bal Kand, in the episode “Rama, Lakshmana, and Parashurama”. The episode describes the sharp exchange between Rama, Lakshmana, and Parashurama ending in his recognition of Rama's divine form.
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