Basahi nagar sundar nar nari
Basahi nagar sundar nar nari
Chaupai 1, Under Doha 130 · Bal Kand
Chaupai Text
बसहिं नगर सुंदर नर नारी। जनु बहु मनसिज रति तनुधारी॥ तेहिं पुर बसइ सीलनिधि राजा। अगनित हय गय सेन समाजा॥ १ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
basahiṃ nagara sundara nara nārī। janu bahu manasija rati tanudhārī॥ tehiṃ pura basai sīlanidhi rājā। aganita haya gaya sena samājā॥ 1 ॥
Meaning
In that city lived such handsome men and women as though many Kāmadevas and Rati herself had taken human form. In that city dwelt a king named Śīlanidhi, who had innumerable horses, elephants, and companies of soldiers.
Context
This is Chaupai 1, Under Doha 130 from Bal Kand, in the episode “Narada's Curse and Delusion Broken”. The episode describes Narada's delusion at Vishvamohini's swayamvara, his curse, and liberation from maya.
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