Puni pranavaun prithuraj samana

Chaupai 5, Under Doha 4 · Bal Kand

Chaupai Text

पुनि प्रनवउँ पृथुराज समाना। पर अघ सुनइ सहस दस काना॥ बहुरि सक्र सम बिनवउँ तेही। संतत सुरानीक हित जेही॥ ५ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

puni pranavaũ pṛthurāja samānā। para agha sunai sahasa dasa kānā॥ bahuri sakra sama binavaũ tehī। santata surānīka hita jehī॥ 5 ॥

Meaning

Again I bow to them as to King Prithu, who asked for ten thousand ears in order to hear the Lord's glory, and who hear others' sins with ten thousand ears. Then I bow to them like Indra, for whom the host of the gods is always favorable.

Context

This is Chaupai 5, Under Doha 4 from Bal Kand, in the episode “Salutation to the Wicked”. The episode describes Tulsidas bowing to the wicked and describing their harmful, envious nature.

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