Tapbal tehi kari aapu samana

Chaupai 3, Under Doha 169 · Bal Kand

Chaupai Text

तपबल तेहि करि आपु समाना। रखिहउँ इहाँ बरष परवाना॥ मैं धरि तासु बेषु सुनु राजा। सब बिधि तोर सँवारब काजा॥ ३ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

tapabala tehi kari āpu samānā। rakhihauṃ ihāṃ baraṣa paravānā॥ maiṃ dhari tāsu beṣu sunu rājā। saba bidhi tora saṃvāraba kājā॥ 3 ॥

Meaning

By the power of austerity I shall make him like myself and keep him here for a year. Listen, O king: I shall assume his form and accomplish your work in every way.

Context

This is Chaupai 3, Under Doha 169 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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