Tajihaun turat deh tehi hetu

Chaupai 4, Under Doha 64 · Bal Kand

Chaupai Text

तजिहउँ तुरत देह तेहि हेतू। उर धरि चंद्रमौलि बृषकेतू॥ अस कहि जोग अगिनि तनु जारा। भयउ सकल मख हाहाकारा॥ ४ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

tajihauṃ turata deha tehi hetū। ura dhari candramouli vṛṣaketū॥ asa kahi joga agini tanu jārā। bhayau sakala makha hāhākārā॥ 4 ॥

Meaning

Therefore, holding the crescent-crowned Vṛṣaketu Shiva in my heart, I shall at once give up this body.” Saying this, Sati burned her body in the fire of yoga. A great uproar broke out throughout the sacrificial hall.

Context

This is Chaupai 4, Under Doha 64 from Bal Kand, in the episode “Sati's Sacrifice, Daksha's Yagya Destroyed”. The episode describes Sati's self-immolation in yogic fire and Vīrabhadra's destruction of Daksha's Yagya.

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