Nak kan kate jiyam jani

Chaupai 5, Under Doha 66 · Lanka Kand

Chaupai Text

नाक कान काटे जियँ जानी। फिरा क्रोध करि भइ मन ग्लानी॥ सहज भीम पुनि बिनु श्रुति नासा। देखत कपि दल उपजी त्रासा॥ ५ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

nāka kāna kāṭe jiyaṃ jānī। phirā krodha kari bhai mana glānī॥ sahaja bhīma puni binu śruti nāsā। dekhata kapi dala upajī trāsā॥ 5 ॥

Meaning

Realizing in his heart that his nose and ears had been cut off, he returned in rage and felt deep shame. He was frightening by nature, and now, without nose or ears, he became even more terrible. At the sight of him, fear arose in the monkey army.

Context

This is Chaupai 5, Under Doha 66 from Lanka Kand, in the episode “Kumbhakarna's Battle and Liberation”. The episode describes Kumbhakarna's fierce battle against the Vanara army and his liberation by Rama.

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