Yah pragaten athava dwijashrapa

Chaupai 2, Under Doha 166 · Bal Kand

Chaupai Text

यह प्रगटें अथवा द्विजश्रापा। नास तोर सुनु भानुप्रतापा॥ आन उपायँ निधन तव नाहीं। जौं हरि हर कोपहिं मन माहीं॥ २ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

yaha pragaṭeṃ athavā dvijaśrāpā। nāsa tora sūnu bhānupratāpā॥ āna upāyaṃ nidhana tava nāhīṃ। jaum hari hara kopahiṃ mana māhīṃ॥ 2 ॥

Meaning

O Bhanupratap, hear this: if this becomes known, or if a Brahmin curses you, then your ruin will come. By no other means will your death come, even if Hari and Hara become angry in their hearts.

Context

This is Chaupai 2, Under Doha 166 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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