Anuj badhu bhagini sut nari

Chaupai 4, Under Doha 9 · Kishkindha Kand

Chaupai Text

अनुज बधू भगिनी सुत नारी। सुनु सठ कन्या सम ए चारी॥ इन्हहि कुदृष्टि बिलोकइ जोई। ताहि बधें कछु पाप न होई॥ ४ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

anuja badhu bhaginī suta nārī। sunu saṭha kanyā sama e cārī॥ inhahi kudṛṣṭi bilokai joī। tāhi badheṃ kachu pāpa na hoī॥ 4 ॥

Meaning

Listen, fool: the wife of a younger brother, a sister, a son's wife, and a daughter—these four are to be regarded alike. Whoever looks at them with evil intent incurs no sin in killing him.

Context

This is Chaupai 4, Under Doha 9 from Kishkindha Kand, in the episode “The Bali-Sugriva Battle and Bali's Deliverance”. The episode describes the fierce battle between Bali and Sugriva, Rama's arrow slaying Bali, and Bali's final deliverance.

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