Dekhi ajay ripu darpe kisa

Chaupai 7, Under Doha 76 · Lanka Kand

Chaupai Text

देखि अजय रिपु डरपे कीसा। परम क्रुद्ध तब भयउ अहीसा॥ लछिमन मन अस मंत्र दृढ़ावा। एहि पापिहि मैं बहुत खेलावा॥ ७ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

dekhi ajaya ripu ḍarape kīsā। parama kruddha taba bhayau ahīsā॥ lachimana mana asa mantra dṛṛhāvā। ehi pāpihi maiṃ bahuta khelāvā॥ 7 ॥

Meaning

Seeing an enemy who could not be overcome, the monkeys were frightened. Then the serpent-king became exceedingly furious. Lakshmana fixed this resolve in his mind: “I have toyed with this sinner enough.”

Context

This is Chaupai 7, Under Doha 76 from Lanka Kand, in the episode “Meghnad's Yagya Destroyed, His Fall”. The episode describes Meghnad's yagya being disrupted, his fierce battle, and redemption by divine grace.

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