Balu pratapu birata badai

Chaupai 4, Under Doha 266 · Bal Kand

Chaupai Text

बलु प्रतापु बीरता बड़ाई। नाक पिनाकहि संग सिधाई॥ सोइ सूरता कि अब कहुँ पाई। असि बुधि तौ बिधि मुहँ मसि लाई॥ ४ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

balu pratāpu bīratā baṛāī। nāka pinākahi saṃga sidhāī॥ soi sūratā ki aba kahuṃ pāī। asi budhi tau bidhi muhaṃ masi lāī॥ 4 ॥

Meaning

Ah! Your strength, glory, valor, and greatness have all gone away along with the bow. Was that the very valor you now claim to have found somewhere again? Such perverse intelligence it is that fate has blackened your face.

Context

This is Chaupai 4, Under Doha 266 from Bal Kand, in the episode “Sita Garlands Rama”. The episode describes Sita joyfully garlanding Rama after the bow-breaking amid divine flower showers.