Jasu prabal maya bas siv biranchi

Doha 51 · Lanka Kand

Doha Text

जासु प्रबल माया बस सिव बिरंचि बड़ छोट। ताहि दिखावइ निसिचर निज माया मति खोट॥ ५१ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

jāsu prabala māyā basa siva biraṃci baṛa choṭa। tāhi dikhāvai nisicara nija māyā mati khoṭa॥ 51 ॥

Meaning

Shiva and even Brahma, great and small alike, are under the sway of that mighty illusion; the low-minded demon shows his own illusion to them.

Context

This is Doha 51 from Lanka Kand, in the episode “Malyavan Advises Ravana”. The episode describes elder Malyavan urging Ravana toward peace and wisdom as Ravana stubbornly refuses.

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