Angad tahin bali kar balak

Chaupai 3, Under Doha 21 · Lanka Kand

Chaupai Text

अंगद तहीं बालि कर बालक। उपजेहु बंस अनल कुल घालक॥ गर्भ न गयहु ब्यर्थ तुम्ह जायहु। निज मुख तापस दूत कहायहु॥ ३ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

aṃgada tahīṃ bāli kara bālaka। upajehu baṃsa anala kula ghālaka॥ garbha na gayahu byartha tumha jāyahu। nija mukha tāpasa dūta kahāyahu॥ 3 ॥

Meaning

Angad, you are Bali's own boy; you were born like fire in your own clan's bamboo grove, a destroyer of the family line. Why did you not die in the womb? You were born in vain, since with your own mouth you call yourself a messenger of ascetics!

Context

This is Chaupai 3, Under Doha 21 from Lanka Kand, in the episode “Angada's Dialogue with Ravana”. The episode describes Angada's fearless counsel to Ravana in his court urging him to return Sita and seek Rama's refuge.

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