Ek ek san maramu na kahahim

Chaupai 4, Under Doha 18 · Lanka Kand

Chaupai Text

एक एक सन मरमु न कहहीं। समुझि तासु बध चुप करि रहहीं॥ भयउ कोलाहल नगर मझारी। आवा कपि लंका जेहिं जारी॥ ४ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

eka eka sana maramu na kahahīṃ। samujhi tāsu badha cupa kari rahahīṃ॥ bhayau kolāhala nagara majhārī। āvā kapi laṃkā jehiṃ jārī॥ 4 ॥

Meaning

They did not tell one another the true reason; thinking that he had been slain, they all remained silent. As word spread through the city, a commotion arose: 'The same monkey who burned Lanka has come again!'

Context

This is Chaupai 4, Under Doha 18 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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