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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