Nana bapin kup tadaga

Chaupai 4, Under Doha 155 · Bal Kand

Chaupai Text

नाना बापीं कूप तड़ागा। सुमन बाटिका सुंदर बागा॥ बिप्रभवन सुरभवन सुहाए। सब तीरथन्ह बिचित्र बनाए॥ ४ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

nānā bāpīṃ kūpa taḍāgā। sumana bāṭikā sundara bāgā॥ bipra bhavana sura bhavana suhāe। saba tīrathanha bicitra banāe॥ 4 ॥

Meaning

He had many stepwells, wells, ponds, flower-gardens, beautiful orchards, houses for Brahmins, and lovely, wondrous temples of the gods built at all the pilgrimage places.

Context

This is Chaupai 4, Under Doha 155 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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