Nil mahidhar sikhar sam dekhi bisal

Doha 156 · Bal Kand

Doha Text

नील महीधर सिखर सम देखि बिसाल बराहु। चपरि चलेउ हय सुटुकि नृप हाँकि न होइ निबाहु॥ १५६ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

nīla mahīdhara sikhara sama dekhi bisāla barāhu। capari chaleu haya suṭuki nṛpa hāṃki na hoi nibāhu॥ 156 ॥

Meaning

Seeing that boar, विशाल as the peak of the blue mountain, the king spurred his horse on and urged the boar, saying that now there could be no escape.

Context

This is 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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