Uparohit jevnar banai

Chaupai 1, Under Doha 173 · Bal Kand

Chaupai Text

उपरोहित जेवनार बनाई। छरस चारि बिधि जसि श्रुति गाई॥ मायामय तेहिं कीन्हि रसोई। बिंजन बहु गनि सकइ न कोई॥ १ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

uparohita jevanāra banāī। chharasa cāri bidhi jasi śruti gāī॥ māyāmaya tehiṃ kīnhi rasoī। biṃjana bahu gani sakaī na koī॥ 1 ॥

Meaning

The priest arranged the feast. Six flavors and four kinds of dishes, as the Vedas describe, were prepared. An illusory kitchen was made there, and so many dishes were set out that no one could count them.

Context

This is Chaupai 1, Under Doha 173 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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