Gherenh nagar nisan bajai

Chaupai 3, Under Doha 175 · Bal Kand

Chaupai Text

घेरेन्हि नगर निसान बजाई। बिबिध भाँति नित होइ लराई॥ जूझे सकल सुभट करि करनी। बंधु समेत परेउ नृप धरनी॥ ३ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

gherenhi nagara nisāna bajāī। bibidha bhāṃti nita hoi larāī॥ jūjhe sakala subhaṭa kari karanī। bandhu sameta pareu nṛpa dharanī॥ 3 ॥

Meaning

They surrounded the city, beating the drums. Fighting went on every day in many ways. All the warriors fought and fell in battle; the king too fell to the ground along with his brothers.

Context

This is Chaupai 3, Under Doha 175 from Bal Kand, in the episode “The Story of King Pratapbhanu”. The episode describes King Pratapbhanu's deception, brahmin's curse, and the downfall that shaped Ravana's birth.

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