Sankar chapu jahaju sagaru raghubar bahabalu

Soratha 261 · Bal Kand

Soratha Text

संकर चापु जहाजु सागरु रघुबर बाहुबलु। बूड़ सो सकल समाजु चढ़ा जो प्रथमहिं मोह बस॥ २६१ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

saṃkara cāpu jahāju sāgaru raghubara bāhubalu। būḍa so sakala samāju caḍhā jo prathamahim moha basa॥ 261 ॥

Meaning

Shiva's bow is the ship, and the strength of Rama's arms is the ocean. When the bow broke, that whole company sank who had first boarded that ship under the spell of delusion.

Context

This is Soratha 261 from Bal Kand, in the episode “Rama Breaks Shiva's Bow”. The episode describes Rama effortlessly breaking Shiva's great bow and the assembly's joyful celebration.

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