Kol karal dasan chhabi gai

Chaupai 4, Under Doha 156 · Bal Kand

Chaupai Text

कोल कराल दसन छबि गाई। तनु बिसाल पीवर अधिकाई॥ घुरुघुरात हय आरौ पाएँ। चकित बिलोकत कान उठाएँ॥ ४ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

kola karāla dasana chabi gāī। tanu bisāla pīvara adhikāī॥ ghurughurāta haya ārau pāeṃ। cakita bilokata kāna uṭhāeṃ॥ 4 ॥

Meaning

Its dreadful tusks were a wonder to behold. Its body, too, was huge and very fat. Hearing the horse's approach, it grunted and, ears raised, looked on alert.

Context

This is Chaupai 4, Under Doha 156 from Bal Kand, in the episode “The Story of King Pratapbhanu”. The episode describes King Pratapbhanu's deception, brahmin's curse, and the downfall that shaped Ravana's birth.

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