Sunu mahis asi niti jahan tahan

Soratha 163 · Bal Kand

Soratha Text

सुनु महीस असि नीति जहँ तहँ नाम न कहहिं नृप। मोहि तोहि पर अति प्रीति सोइ चतुरता बिचारि तव॥ १६३ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

sunu mahīsa asi nīti jahaṃ tahaṃ nāma na kahahiṃ nṛpa। mohi tohi para ati prīti soi caturatā bichāri tava॥ 163 ॥

Meaning

Listen, O king: such is the rule that kings do not speak their names here and there. Seeing that shrewdness of yours, I have come to love you greatly.

Context

This is Soratha 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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