Tenh kar maran ek bidhi hoi
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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