Giri trikoot upar bas lanka
Giri trikoot upar bas lanka
Chaupai 6, Under Doha 28 · Kishkindha Kand
Chaupai Text
गिरि त्रिकूट ऊपर बस लंका। तहँ रह रावन सहज असंका॥ तहँ असोक उपबन जहँ रहई। सीता बैठि सोच रत अहई॥ ६ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
giri trikuṭa ūpara basa laṅkā। tahaṃ raha rāvana sahaja asaṅkā॥ tahaṃ asoka upabana jahaṃ rahai। sītā baiṭhi soca rata ahai॥ 6 ॥
Meaning
Lanka is situated on the summit of Mount Trikuta. There lives Ravana, naturally without fear. There is an Ashoka grove there, where Sita dwells. [Even now] she sits immersed in sorrow and thought.
Context
This is Chaupai 6, Under Doha 28 from Kishkindha Kand, in the episode “Sampati Reveals Sita's Whereabouts”. The episode describes despairing vanaras meeting Sampati at the seashore and learning Sita is in Lanka.
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