Tehin khal pachhil bayaru sanbhara

Chaupai 4, Under Doha 170 · Bal Kand

Chaupai Text

तेहिं खल पाछिल बयरु सँभारा। तापस नृप मिलि मंत्र बिचारा॥ जेहिं रिपु छय सोइ रचेन्हि उपाऊ। भावी बस न जान कछु राऊ॥ ४ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

tehiṃ khala pāchila bayarū saṃbhārā। tāpasa nṛpa mili mantra bichārā॥ jehiṃ ripu chaya soi rachenhi upāū। bhāvī basa na jāna kacha rāū॥ 4 ॥

Meaning

That villain then remembered his old enmity and plotted with the ascetic king. He devised the means by which the enemy could be destroyed. Under the force of fate, the king could understand nothing.

Context

This is Chaupai 4, Under Doha 170 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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