Avat mukut dekhi kapi bhage

Chaupai 4, Under Doha 32 · Lanka Kand

Chaupai Text

आवत मुकुट देखि कपि भागे। दिनहीं लूक परन बिधि लागे॥ की रावन करि कोप चलाए। कुलिस चारि आवत अति धाए॥ ४ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

āvata mukuṭa dekhi kapi bhāge। dinahīṃ lūka parana bidhi lāge॥ kī rāvana kari kopa calāe। kuliśa cāri āvata ati dhāe॥ 4 ॥

Meaning

Seeing the crowns coming, the monkeys ran away. They thought, 'Has a meteor shower begun in the daytime? Or has Ravana angrily hurled four thunderbolts that are rushing toward us?'

Context

This is Chaupai 4, Under Doha 32 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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