Sab prakar rajahi apanai

Chaupai 4, Under Doha 161 · Bal Kand

Chaupai Text

सब प्रकार राजहि अपनाई। बोलेउ अधिक सनेह जनाई॥ सुनु सतिभाउ कहउँ महिपाला। इहाँ बसत बीते बहु काला॥ ४ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

saba prakāra rājahi apanāī। boleu adhika saneha janāī॥ sunu satibhāu kahauṁ mahipālā। ihāṁ basata bīte bahu kālā॥ 4 ॥

Meaning

Having won the king over in every way, and showing great affection, he said: Listen, O king, I speak truthfully to you—I have lived here for a very long time.

Context

This is Chaupai 4, Under Doha 161 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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