Kinh bibidh tap tinihu bhai

Chaupai 1, Under Doha 177 · Bal Kand

Chaupai Text

कीन्ह बिबिध तप तीनिहुँ भाई। परम उग्र नहिं बरनि सो जाई॥ गयउ निकट तप देखि बिधाता। मागहु बर प्रसन्न मैं ताता॥ १ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

kīnha bibidha tapa tīnihuṃ bhāī। parama ugra nahiṃ barani so jāī॥ gayau nikaṭa tapa dekhi bidhātā। māgahu bara prasanna maiṃ tātā॥ 1 ॥

Meaning

The three brothers performed many kinds of severe austerities; their terrible penance cannot be described. Seeing their austerity, Brahma went near them and said, 'Ask for a boon, dear ones; I am pleased.'

Context

This is Chaupai 1, Under Doha 177 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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