Phiri sab nagar dasanan dekha

Chaupai 3, Under Doha 179 · Bal Kand

Chaupai Text

फिरि सब नगर दसानन देखा। गयउ सोच सुख भयउ बिसेषा॥ सुंदर सहज अगम अनुमानी। कीन्हि तहाँ रावन रजधानी॥ ३ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

phiri saba nagara dasānana dekhā। gayau soca sukha bhayau biśeṣā॥ sundara sahaja agama anumānī। kīnhi tahāṃ rāvana rajadhānī॥ 3 ॥

Meaning

Then Ravana went about and inspected the whole city. His anxiety about the place vanished, and he felt great delight. Judging that city to be naturally beautiful and difficult of access to outsiders, Ravana established his capital there.

Context

This is Chaupai 3, Under Doha 179 from Bal Kand, in the episode “Ravan's Birth, Power, and Tyranny”. The episode describes the birth of Ravana and Kumbhakarna, their austerity-won power, and tyranny over the three worlds.

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