Suni mahip tapas bas bhayau

Chaupai 4, Under Doha 163 · Bal Kand

Chaupai Text

सुनि महीप तापस बस भयऊ। आपन नाम कहन तब लयऊ॥ कह तापस नृप जानउँ तोही। कीन्हेहु कपट लाग भल मोही॥ ४ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

suni mahīpa tāpasa basa bhayū। āpana nāma kahana taba layū॥ kaha tāpasa nṛpa jānaum tohī। kīnhehu kapaṭa lāga bhala mohī॥ 4 ॥

Meaning

Hearing this, the king came under the ascetic's influence, and then he began to tell his own name. The ascetic said, “King, I know you. Your deceit pleased me well.”

Context

This is Chaupai 4, Under Doha 163 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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