Naam tumhar pratap dinesa

Chaupai 1, Under Doha 164 · Bal Kand

Chaupai Text

नाम तुम्हार प्रताप दिनेसा। सत्यकेतु तव पिता नरेसा॥ गुर प्रसाद सब जानिअ राजा। कहिअ न आपन जानि अकाजा॥ १ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

nāma tumhāra pratāpa dinesā। satyaketu tava pitā naresā॥ gura prasāda saba jānia rājā। kahia na āpana jāni akājā॥ 1 ॥

Meaning

Your name is Pratap Dinesa; Maharaj Satyaketu was your father. O king, by the grace of the Guru I know everything, but I do not speak of it, knowing it would be to my disadvantage.

Context

This is Chaupai 1, Under Doha 164 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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