Lakhan kaha hansi hamaren jana

Chaupai 1, Under Doha 272 · Bal Kand

Chaupai Text

लखन कहा हँसि हमरें जाना। सुनहु देव सब धनुष समाना॥ का छति लाभु जून धनु तोरें। देखा राम नयन के भोरें॥ १ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

lakhana kahā haṃsi hamareṃ jānā। sunahu deva saba dhanuṣa samānā॥ kā chati lābhu jūna dhanu toreṃ। dekhā rāma nayana ke bhoreṃ॥ 1 ॥

Meaning

Smiling, Lakshmana said, “O lord, as far as I know, all bows are the same. What loss or gain is there in breaking an old bow? Rama had looked at it, thinking it to be new.”

Context

This is Chaupai 1, Under Doha 272 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.

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