Ek kalap sur dekhi dukhare

Chaupai 3, Under Doha 123 · Bal Kand

Chaupai Text

एक कलप सुर देखि दुखारे। समर जलंधर सन सब हारे॥ संभु कीन्ह संग्राम अपारा। दनुज महाबल मरइ न मारा॥ ३ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

eka kalapa sura dekhi dukhāre। samara jalaṃdhara sana saba hāre॥ saṃbhu kīnha saṃgrāma apārā। danuja mahābala marai na mārā॥ 3 ॥

Meaning

In one age, seeing all the gods distressed because they had been defeated in battle by the demon Jalandhara, Shiva fought a fierce war with him. But that mighty demon could not be killed.

Context

This is Chaupai 3, Under Doha 123 from Bal Kand, in the episode “Causes of Rama's Incarnation”. The episode describes the divine causes behind Rama's incarnation and the birth of Ravana and Kumbhakarna.

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