Tat sunahu sadar manu lai

Chaupai 3, Under Doha 47 · Bal Kand

Chaupai Text

तात सुनहु सादर मनु लाई। कहउँ राम कै कथा सुहाई॥ महामोहु महिषेसु बिसाला। रामकथा कालिका कराला॥ ३ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

tāta sunahu sādara manu lāī। kahauṃ rāma kai kathā suhāī॥ mahāmohu mahiṣesu bisālā। rāmakathā kālikā karālā॥ 3 ॥

Meaning

O dear one, listen attentively and with respect; I shall tell the beautiful story of Shri Rama. Great delusion is like the giant demon Mahishasura, and Rama's story is the fierce goddess Kali who destroys it.

Context

This is Chaupai 3, Under Doha 47 from Bal Kand, in the episode “Yajnavalkya and Bharadvaja at Prayag”. The episode describes the dialogue between Bharadvaja and Yajnavalkya at Prayag and the prelude to Rama's story.

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