Kautukahi kailas puni linhesi jai uthai

Doha 179 · Bal Kand

Doha Text

कौतुकहीं कैलास पुनि लीन्हेसि जाइ उठाइ। मनहुँ तौलि निज बाहुबल चला बहुत सुख पाइ॥ १७९ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

kautukahīṃ kailāsa puni līnhesi jāi uṭhāi। manahuṃ tauli nija bāhubala calā bahuta sukha pāi॥ 179 ॥

Meaning

Then, merely in sport, he went and lifted Mount Kailasa. It was as if he had weighed the strength of his own arms, and after much delight he went away from there.

Context

This is Doha 179 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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