Sunu kapi jiyan manasi jani una

Chaupai 4, Under Doha 3 · Kishkindha Kand

Chaupai Text

सुनु कपि जियँ मानसि जनि ऊना। तैं मम प्रिय लछिमन ते दूना॥ समदरसी मोहि कह सब कोऊ। सेवक प्रिय अनन्यगति सोऊ॥ ४ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

sunu kapi jiyaṃ mānasi jani ūnā। taiṃ mama priya lachimana te dūnā॥ samadarasī mohi kaha saba koū। sevaka priya ananyagati soū॥ 4 ॥

Meaning

Listen, O monkey, do not feel hurt in your heart. You are dearer to Me than Lakshmana. Everyone says that I am impartial—neither dear nor hateful to Me—but I love a devotee, for he has no other refuge but Me.

Context

This is Chaupai 4, Under Doha 3 from Kishkindha Kand, in the episode “Hanuman Meets Ram, Ram Befriends Sugriva”. The episode describes Hanuman's first meeting with Rama and the sacred friendship formed between Rama and Sugriva.

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