Adhar lobh jam dasan karala

Chaupai 3, Under Doha 15 · Lanka Kand

Chaupai Text

अधर लोभ जम दसन कराला। माया हास बाहु दिगपाला॥ आनन अनल अंबुपति जीहा। उतपति पालन प्रलय समीहा॥ ३ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

adhara lobha jama dasana karālā। māyā hāsa bāhu digapālā॥ ānana anala aṃbupati jīhā। utapati pālana pralaya samīhā॥ 3 ॥

Meaning

Greed is His lower lip, and Yama is His terrible teeth. Maya is His smile, and the guardians of the directions are His arms. Fire is His face, Varuna His tongue. Creation, preservation, and dissolution are His purpose.

Context

This is Chaupai 3, Under Doha 15 from Lanka Kand, in the episode “Mandodari Praises Rama Again”. The episode describes Mandodari's heartfelt plea to Ravana to abandon enmity and surrender to Rama's divine glory.

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