Kinnar siddh manuj sur naga

Chaupai 6, Under Doha 182 · Bal Kand

Chaupai Text

किंनर सिद्ध मनुज सुर नागा। हठि सबही के पंथहिं लागा॥ ब्रह्मसृष्टि जहँ लगि तनुधारी। दसमुख बसबर्ती नर नारी॥ ६ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

kiṃnara siddha manuja sura nāgā। haṭhi sabahī ke panthahiṃ lāgā॥ brahmasṛṣṭi jahaṃ lagi tanudhārī। dasamukha basabartī nara nārī॥ 6 ॥

Meaning

Kinnaras, Siddhas, human beings, gods, and nāgas—he relentlessly pursued them all. As far as there were embodied beings in Brahma's creation, men and women alike, all became subject to Ravana.

Context

This is Chaupai 6, Under Doha 182 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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