Dev dekhi tav balak dou

Chaupai 3, Under Doha 293 · Bal Kand

Chaupai Text

देव देखि तव बालक दोऊ। अब न आँखि तर आवत कोऊ॥ दूत बचन रचना प्रिय लागी। प्रेम प्रताप बीर रस पागी॥ ३ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

deva dekhi tava bālaka dou। aba na āṃkhi tara āvata kou॥ dūta bacana racanā priya lāgī। prema pratāpa bīra rasa pāgī॥ 3 ॥

Meaning

O Lord, after seeing your two boys, no one else now comes under the eye. The envoys' composition of words, filled with love, splendor, and heroic sentiment, was very pleasing to all.

Context

This is Chaupai 3, Under Doha 293 from Bal Kand, in the episode “Janaka's Message, Procession Departs”. The episode describes Janaka's joyful message to Dasharatha and the grand wedding procession departing for Janakpur.

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