Dekhi nibir tam dasahun disi kapidal

Doha 46 · Lanka Kand

Doha Text

देखि निबिड़ तम दसहुँ दिसि कपिदल भयउ खभार। एकहि एक न देखई जहँ तहँ करहिं पुकार॥ ४६ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

dekhi nibiḍa tama dasahuṃ disi kapidala bhayau khabhāra। ekahi eka na dekhai jahaṃ tahaṃ karahiṃ pukāra॥ 46 ॥

Meaning

Seeing the dense darkness in all ten directions, confusion arose in the monkey army. One could not see another, and everyone was calling out from here and there.

Context

This is Doha 46 from Lanka Kand, in the episode “The War Begins”. The episode describes the great Lanka war erupting as Vanara and Rakshasa armies clash fiercely.