Avat dekhi gayau nabh soi

Chaupai 2, Under Doha 51 · Lanka Kand

Chaupai Text

आवत देखि गयउ नभ सोई। रथ सारथी तुरग सब खोई॥ बार बार पचार हनुमाना। निकट न आव मरमु सो जाना॥ २ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

āvata dekhi gayau nabha soī। ratha sārathe turaga saba khoī॥ bāra bāra pacāra hanumānā। nikaṭa na āva maramu so jānā॥ 2 ॥

Meaning

Seeing the mountain coming, he rose into the sky. His chariot, charioteer, and horses were all destroyed. Hanuman kept challenging him again and again, but he did not come near, because he knew the secret of Hanuman's strength.

Context

This is Chaupai 2, Under Doha 51 from Lanka Kand, in the episode “Malyavan Advises Ravana”. The episode describes elder Malyavan urging Ravana toward peace and wisdom as Ravana stubbornly refuses.

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