Jaun as karaun tadapi na barhai
Chaupai 1, Under Doha 31 · Lanka Kand
Chaupai Text
जौं अस करौं तदपि न बड़ाई। मुएहि बधें नहिं कछु मनुसाई॥ कौल कामबस कृपिन बिमूढ़ा। अति दरिद्र अजसी अति बूढ़ा॥ १ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
joṃ asa karauṃ tadapi na baṛāī। muẹhi badheṃ nahiṃ kachu manusāī॥ kaula kāmabasa kṛpina bimūṛhā। ati daridra ajasī ati būṛhā॥ 1 ॥
Meaning
Even if I did that, there would be no greatness in it. There is no manliness in killing one who is already dead. A left-hand practitioner, one under the sway of desire, miserly, utterly deluded, extremely poor, disgraced, and very old—
Context
This is Chaupai 1, Under Doha 31 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.