Kah kapi dharmasilata tori
Kah kapi dharmasilata tori
Chaupai 3, Under Doha 22 · Lanka Kand
Chaupai Text
कह कपि धर्मसीलता तोरी। हमहुँ सुनी कृत पर त्रिय चोरी॥ देखी नयन दूत रखवारी। बूड़ि न मरहु धर्म ब्रतधारी॥ ३ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
kaha kapi dharmasīlatā torī। hamahuṃ sunī kṛta para triya corī॥ dekhī nayana dūta rakhavārī। būḍi na marahu dharma brata dhārī॥ 3 ॥
Meaning
Angad said, 'I have also heard of your righteousness. [That is,] you stole another man's wife! And I saw with my own eyes how you guarded the messenger. Do you not drown and die, while claiming to uphold the vow of righteousness?'
Context
This is Chaupai 3, Under Doha 22 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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