Jimi arunopala nikar nihari

Chaupai 5, Under Doha 40 · Lanka Kand

Chaupai Text

जिमि अरुनोपल निकर निहारी। धावहिं सठ खग मांस अहारी॥ चोंच भंग दुख तिन्हहि न सूझा। तिमि धाए मनुजाद अबूझा॥ ५ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

jimi arunopala nikara nihārī। dhāvahim saṭha khaga māṃsa ahārī॥ coṃca bhaṃga dukha tinhahi na sūjhā। timi dhāe manujāda abūjhā॥ 5 ॥

Meaning

Like foolish flesh-eating birds that rush at a cluster of red stones, not realizing the pain of having their beaks broken on them, so these senseless demons rushed forward.

Context

This is Chaupai 5, Under Doha 40 from Lanka Kand, in the episode “The War Begins”. The episode describes the great Lanka war erupting as Vanara and Rakshasa armies clash fiercely.