Kalrup khal ban dahan gunagar ghanbodh

Doha 48 (b) · Lanka Kand

Doha Text

कालरूप खल बन दहन गुनागार घनबोध। सिव बिरंचि जेहि सेवहिं तासों कवन बिरोध॥ ४८ (ख) ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

kālarūpa khala bana dahana gunāgāra ghanabodha। siva biraṃci jehi sevahiṃ tāsoṃ kavana birodha॥ 48 (b) ॥

Meaning

He is Time itself, the fire that burns the forest of the wicked, the treasury of virtues, and the dense cloud of wisdom. Since even Shiva and Brahma serve Him, how can there be any hostility toward Him?

Context

This is Doha 48 (b) from Lanka Kand, in the episode “Malyavan Advises Ravana”. The episode describes elder Malyavan urging Ravana toward peace and wisdom as Ravana stubbornly refuses.

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