Phirat bipin ashram ek dekha
Phirat bipin ashram ek dekha
Chaupai 1, Under Doha 158 · Bal Kand
Chaupai Text
फिरत बिपिन आश्रम एक देखा। तहँ बस नृपति कपट मुनिबेषा॥ जासु देस नृप लीन्ह छड़ाई। समर सेन तजि गयउ पराई॥ १ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
phirata bipina āśrama eka dekhā। tahaṃ basa nṛpati kapaṭa munibeṣā॥ jāsu desa nṛpa līnha chaṛāī। samara sena taji gayau parāī॥ 1 ॥
Meaning
Wandering through the forest, he saw an ashram. There lived a king there, disguised deceitfully as a sage, whose kingdom had been taken away by King Pratapbhanu, and who had abandoned his army and fled from battle.
Context
This is Chaupai 1, Under Doha 158 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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The Story of King Pratapbhanu