Kah daskanth kavan taim bandar
Kah daskanth kavan taim bandar
Chaupai 1, Under Doha 20 · Lanka Kand
Chaupai Text
कह दसकंठ कवन तैं बंदर। मैं रघुबीर दूत दसकंधर॥ मम जनकहि तोहि रही मिताई। तव हित कारन आयउँ भाई॥ १ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
kaha dasakaṃṭha kavana taiṃ bandara। maiṃ raghubīra dūta dasakaṃdhara॥ mama janakahi tohi rahī mitāī। tava hita kārana āyauṃ bhāī॥ 1 ॥
Meaning
Ravana said, 'O monkey, who are you?' [Angad replied:] 'I am the messenger of Raghubir, O Dashakandhara. There was friendship between my father and you. Therefore, brother, I have come only for your welfare.'
Context
This is Chaupai 1, Under Doha 20 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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Angada's Dialogue with Ravana