Sanbat madhya nas tav hou

Chaupai 2, Under Doha 174 · Bal Kand

Chaupai Text

संबत मध्य नास तव होऊ। जलदाता न रहिहि कुल कोऊ॥ नृप सुनि श्राप बिकल अति त्रासा। भै बहोरि बर गिरा अकासा॥ २ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

sambata madhya nāsa tava hou। jaladātā na rahihi kula kou॥ nṛpa suni śrāpa bikala ati trāsā। bhaī bahori bara girā akāsā॥ 2 ॥

Meaning

Within a year your destruction shall come; no one in your lineage will remain to offer water. Hearing the curse, the king was overcome with fear and distress. Then another beautiful voice came from the sky—

Context

This is Chaupai 2, Under Doha 174 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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