Upaje jadapi pulastyakul pavan amal anup
Upaje jadapi pulastyakul pavan amal anup
Doha 176 · Bal Kand
Doha Text
उपजे जदपि पुलस्त्यकुल पावन अमल अनूप। तदपि महीसुर श्राप बस भए सकल अघरूप॥ १७६ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
upaje jadapi pulastyakula pāvana amala anūpa। tadapi mahīsura śrāpa basa bhae sakala agharūpa॥ 176 ॥
Meaning
Although they were born in the pure, spotless, incomparable line of the sage Pulastya, by the curse of the Brahmins they all became embodiments of sin.
Context
This is Doha 176 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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