Jaun asi mati pitu khae kisa

Chaupai 5, Under Doha 24 · Lanka Kand

Chaupai Text

जौं असि मति पितु खाए कीसा। कहि अस बचन हँसा दससीसा॥ पितहि खाइ खातेउँ पुनि तोही। अबहीं समुझि परा कछु मोही॥ ५ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

jaũ asi mati pitu khāe kīsā। kahi asa bacana haṃsā dasasīsā॥ pitahi khāi khāteuṃ puni tohī। abhīṃ samujhi parā kachu mohī॥ 5 ॥

Meaning

Ravana said, 'Monkey, if that is your wisdom, no wonder you ate your father.' Speaking thus, he laughed. Angada replied, 'I would have eaten you too after eating my father, but just now something else has dawned on me.'

Context

This is Chaupai 5, Under Doha 24 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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