Taten main tohi barajaun raja

Chaupai 1, Under Doha 166 · Bal Kand

Chaupai Text

तातें मैं तोहि बरजउँ राजा। कहें कथा तव परम अकाजा॥ छठें श्रवन यह परत कहानी। नास तुम्हार सत्य मम बानी॥ १ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

tāteṃ maiṃ tohi barajauṃ rājā। kaheṃ kathā tava parama akājā॥ chaṭheṃ śravana yaha parata kahānī। āsa tumhāra satya mama bānī॥ 1 ॥

Meaning

Therefore I forbid you, O king. Telling this story would bring you great harm. If this tale reaches the sixth ear, your ruin will come—know my words to be true.

Context

This is Chaupai 1, Under Doha 166 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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