Kah kapi tav gun gahaktai

Chaupai 3, Under Doha 24 · Lanka Kand

Chaupai Text

कह कपि तव गुन गाहकताई। सत्य पवनसुत मोहि सुनाई॥ बन बिधंसि सुत बधि पुर जारा। तदपि न तेहिं कछु कृत अपकारा॥ ३ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

kaha kapi tava guna gāhakatāī। satya pavanasuta mohi sunāī॥ bana bidhaṃsi suta badhi pura jārā। tadapi na tehiṃ kachu kṛta apakārā॥ 3 ॥

Meaning

Angada said, 'Hanuman told me of your true appreciation of merit. He destroyed the Ashoka grove, killed your son, and burned the city. Yet, because of your generous nature, you took it that he had done you no harm at all.'

Context

This is Chaupai 3, 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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