Samay pratapabhanu kar jani
Samay pratapabhanu kar jani
Chaupai 2, Under Doha 158 · Bal Kand
Chaupai Text
समय प्रतापभानु कर जानी। आपन अति असमय अनुमानी॥ गयउ न गृह मन बहुत गलानी। मिला न राजहि नृप अभिमानी॥ २ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
samaya pratāpabhānu kara jānī। āpana ati asamaya anumānī॥ gayau na gṛha mana bahuta galānī। milā na rājahi nṛpa abhimānī॥ 2 ॥
Meaning
Seeing that Pratapbhanu was in his good time and judging his own time to be unfavorable, he felt great remorse in his heart. So he neither went home nor, out of pride, met King Pratapbhanu.
Context
This is Chaupai 2, 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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