Jimi jimi tapasu kathai udasa
Jimi jimi tapasu kathai udasa
Chaupai 3, Under Doha 162 · Bal Kand
Chaupai Text
जिमि जिमि तापसु कथइ उदासा। तिमि तिमि नृपहि उपज बिस्वासा॥ देखा स्वबस कर्म मन बानी। तब बोला तापस बगध्यानी॥ ३ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
jimi jimi tāpasu kathai udāsā। timi timi nṛpahi upaja bisvāsa॥ dekhā svabasa karma mana bānī। taba bolā tāpasa bagadhyānī॥ 3 ॥
Meaning
As the ascetic spoke again and again of detachment, the king’s trust kept increasing. When the deceitful sage, meditating like a crane, saw that the king was under his control in deed, mind, and speech, he spoke.
Context
This is Chaupai 3, Under Doha 162 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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