Parusan jabahi lag mahipala

Chaupai 3, Under Doha 173 · Bal Kand

Chaupai Text

परुसन जबहिं लाग महिपाला। भै अकासबानी तेहि काला॥ बिप्रबृंद उठि उठि गृह जाहू। है बड़ि हानि अन्न जनि खाहू॥ ३ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

parusana jabahiṃ lāga mahipālā। bhaī akāsabānī tehi kālā॥ biprabṛnda uṭhi uṭhi gṛha jāhū। hai baḍi hāni anna jani khāhū॥ 3 ॥

Meaning

As soon as the king began serving the food, a voice from the sky arose at that moment: 'O Brahmins, rise up and go back to your homes. Do not eat this food; there is great harm in it.'

Context

This is Chaupai 3, Under Doha 173 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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