Mandodari rudan kar bhari

Chaupai 4, Under Doha 77 · Lanka Kand

Chaupai Text

मंदोदरी रुदन कर भारी। उर ताड़न बहु भाँति पुकारी॥ नगर लोग सब ब्याकुल सोचा। सकल कहहिं दसकंधर पोचा॥ ४ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

maṃdodarī rudana kara bhārī। ura tāṛana bahu bhāṃti pukārī॥ nagara loga saba byākula socā। sakala kahahiṃ dasakaṃdhara pocā॥ 4 ॥

Meaning

Mandodari began to lament bitterly, beating her breast and crying out in many ways. All the people of the city became distressed with grief. Everyone started calling Ravana base and vile.

Context

This is Chaupai 4, Under Doha 77 from Lanka Kand, in the episode “Meghnad's Yagya Destroyed, His Fall”. The episode describes Meghnad's yagya being disrupted, his fierce battle, and redemption by divine grace.

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