Moorh tohi atisay abhimana

Chaupai 5, Under Doha 9 · Kishkindha Kand

Chaupai Text

मूढ़ तोहि अतिसय अभिमाना। नारि सिखावन करसि न काना॥ मम भुज बल आश्रित तेहि जानी। मारा चहसि अधम अभिमानी॥ ५ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

mūḍha tohi atisaya abhimānā। nāri sikhāvana karasi na kānā॥ mama bhuja bala āśrita tehi jānī। mārā cahasi adhama abhimānī॥ 5 ॥

Meaning

Fool, you are utterly arrogant. You did not heed your wife's counsel. Knowing Sugriva to be sheltered by the strength of My arms, you still tried to kill him, you wretched, proud one.

Context

This is Chaupai 5, 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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