Kausik sunahu manda yahu balaku
Chaupai 1, Under Doha 274 · Bal Kand
Chaupai Text
कौसिक सुनहु मंद यहु बालकु। कुटिलकालबस निज कुल घालकु॥ भानु बंस राकेस कलंकू। निपट निरंकुस अबुध असंकू॥ १ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
kausika sunahu manda yahu bālaku। kuṭilakālabasa nija kula ghālaku॥ bhānu baṃsa rākesa kalaṃkū। nipaṭa niraṃkusa abudha asaṃkū॥ 1 ॥
Meaning
O Vishvamitra, listen: this boy is wicked and crooked. Falling under the sway of Time, he is becoming the destroyer of his own lineage. He is a blemish on the solar dynasty, like the full moon. He is utterly unruly, foolish, and fearless.
Context
This is Chaupai 1, Under Doha 274 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.