Tenh kar maran ek bidhi hoi

Chaupai 4, Under Doha 181 · Bal Kand

Chaupai Text

तेन्ह कर मरन एक बिधि होई। कहउँ बुझाइ सुनहु अब सोई॥ द्विजभोजन मख होम सराधा। सब कै जाइ करहु तुम्ह बाधा॥ ४ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

tenha kara marana eka bidhi hoī। kahauṃ bujhāi sunahu aba soī॥ dvijabhojana makha homa sarādhā। saba kai jāi karahu tumha bādhā॥ 4 ॥

Meaning

There is only one way they can be destroyed; I will explain it clearly. Listen now. Go and obstruct all the rites that nourish their power—feeding Brahmins, sacrifices, oblations, and ancestral offerings.

Context

This is Chaupai 4, Under Doha 181 from Bal Kand, in the episode “Ravan's Birth, Power, and Tyranny”. The episode describes the birth of Ravana and Kumbhakarna, their austerity-won power, and tyranny over the three worlds.

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