Tab Sugriva bikal hoi bhaga

Chaupai 2, Under Doha 8 · Kishkindha Kand

Chaupai Text

तब सुग्रीव बिकल होइ भागा। मुष्टि प्रहार बज्र सम लागा॥ मैं जो कहा रघुबीर कृपाला। बंधु न होइ मोर यह काला॥ २ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

taba sugrīva bikala hoi bhāgā। muṣṭi prahāra bajra sama lāgā॥ maiṃ jo kahā raghubīra kṛpālā। baṃdhu na hoi mora yaha kālā॥ 2 ॥

Meaning

Then Sugriva fled in distress. The blow of Bali’s fist struck him like a thunderbolt. [Sugriva said:] O compassionate Raghuvir, I told you before that Bali is not my brother—he is my doom.

Context

This is Chaupai 2, Under Doha 8 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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