Nahian ta kari mukh bhanjan tora

Chaupai 3, Under Doha 30 · Lanka Kand

Chaupai Text

नाहिं त करि मुख भंजन तोरा। लै जातेउँ सीतहि बरजोरा॥ जानेउँ तव बल अधम सुरारी। सूनें हरि आनिहि परनारी॥ ३ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

nāhīṃ ta kari mukha bhañjana torā। lai jāteuṃ sītahi barajorā॥ jāneuṃ tava bala adhama surārī। sūneṃ hari ānihi paranārī॥ 3 ॥

Meaning

Otherwise I would have smashed your face and taken Sita away by force. O vile one, enemy of the gods, I knew your strength when you carried off another man's wife in secret.

Context

This is Chaupai 3, Under Doha 30 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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