Kausik kaha chhhamia aparadhoo
Chaupai 3, Under Doha 275 · Bal Kand
Chaupai Text
कौसिक कहा छमिअ अपराधू। बाल दोष गुन गनहिं न साधू॥ खर कुठार मैं अकरुन कोही। आगें अपराधी गुरुद्रोही॥ ३ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
kausika kahā chamiā aparādhū। bāla doṣa guna ganahiṃ na sādhū॥ khara kuṭhāra maiṃ akaruna kohī। āgeṃ aparādhī gurudrohī॥ 3 ॥
Meaning
Vishvamitra said: Please forgive the offense. The faults and merits of children are not weighed by the good. [Parashurama said:] I am a sharp-edged axe, merciless and angry, and here stands this offender, this enemy of the guru, before me—
Context
This is Chaupai 3, Under Doha 275 from Bal Kand, in the episode “Rama, Lakshmana, and Parashurama”. The episode describes the sharp exchange between Rama, Lakshmana, and Parashurama ending in his recognition of Rama's divine form.