Jaun din prati ahar kar soi

Chaupai 3, Under Doha 180 · Bal Kand

Chaupai Text

जौं दिन प्रति अहार कर सोई। बिस्व बेगि सब चौपट होई॥ समर धीर नहिं जाइ बखाना। तेहि सम अमित बीर बलवाना॥ ३ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

jaũ dina prati ahāra kara soī। bisva begi saba caupaṭa hoī॥ samara dhīra nahiṃ jāi bakhānā। tehi sama amita bīra balavānā॥ 3 ॥

Meaning

If he ate every day, the entire world would quickly be ruined. In battle, his courage could not be described. There were countless mighty warriors like him.

Context

This is Chaupai 3, Under Doha 180 from Bal Kand, in the episode “Ravan's Birth, Power, and Tyranny”. The episode describes the birth of Ravana and Kumbhakarna, their austerity-won power, and tyranny over the three worlds.

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