Hataun na khet khelaai khelaaee

Chaupai 6, Under Doha 35 · Lanka Kand

Chaupai Text

हतौं न खेत खेलाइ खेलाई। तोहि अबहिं का करौं बड़ाई॥ प्रथमहिं तासु तनय कपि मारा। सो सुनि रावन भयउ दुखारा॥ ६ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

hatauṃ na kheta khelāi khelāī। tohi abahiṃ kā karauṃ baṛāī॥ prathamahiṃ tāsu tanaya kapi mārā। so suni rāvana bhayau dukhārā॥ 6 ॥

Meaning

If I do not make you play on the battlefield and then kill you, what boast can I make now? Angada had already killed his son earlier. Hearing that, Ravana became sorrowful.

Context

This is Chaupai 6, Under Doha 35 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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