Kachhu din bhojanu bari batasa

Chaupai 3, Under Doha 74 · Bal Kand

Chaupai Text

कछु दिन भोजनु बारि बतासा। किए कठिन कछु दिन उपबासा॥ बेल पाती महि परइ सुखाई। तीनि सहस संबत सोइ खाई॥ ३ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

kachu dina bhojanu bāri batāsā। kie kaṭhina kachu dina upabāsā॥ bela pātī mahi parai sukhāī। tīni sahasa sambata soi khāī॥ 3 ॥

Meaning

For some days she lived on water and air, and for some days she observed severe fasts. For three thousand years she ate only the bel leaves that dried up and fell to the ground.

Context

This is Chaupai 3, Under Doha 74 from Bal Kand, in the episode “Parvati’s Birth and Penance”. The episode describes Sati's rebirth as Parvati and her fierce penance to attain Lord Shiva as husband.

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