Ham kahan durlabh daras tumhara

Chaupai 4, Under Doha 159 · Bal Kand

Chaupai Text

हम कहँ दुर्लभ दरस तुम्हारा। जानत हौं कछु भल होनिहारा॥ कह मुनि तात भयउ अँधिआरा। जोजन सत्तरि नगरु तुम्हारा॥ ४ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

hama kahaṁ durlabha darasa tumhārā। jānata hauṁ kachu bhala honihārā॥ kaha muni tāta bhayau aṁdhiārā। jojana sattari nagaru tumhārā॥ 4 ॥

Meaning

Your sight was hard for us to obtain, so I feel that something auspicious is about to happen. The sage said: O dear one, darkness has fallen. Your city is seventy yojanas from here.

Context

This is Chaupai 4, Under Doha 159 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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