Kal pai muni sunu soi raja
Kal pai muni sunu soi raja
Chaupai 1, Under Doha 176 · Bal Kand
Chaupai Text
काल पाइ मुनि सुनु सोइ राजा। भयउ निसाचर सहित समाजा॥ दस सिर ताहि बीस भुजदंडा। रावन नाम बीर बरिबंडा॥ १ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
kāla pāi muni sunu soi rājā। bhayau nisācara sahita samājā॥ dasa sira tāhi bīsa bhujadaṇḍā। rāvana nāma bīra baribaṇḍā॥ 1 ॥
Meaning
O sage, listen: in due time that same king was born as the demon Ravana, together with his family. He had ten heads and twenty arms, and he was a most formidable warrior.
Context
This is Chaupai 1, Under Doha 176 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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