Purab disi giriguha nivasi

Chaupai 1, Under Doha 12 · Lanka Kand

Chaupai Text

पूरब दिसि गिरिगुहा निवासी। परम प्रताप तेज बल रासी॥ मत्त नाग तम कुंभ बिदारी। ससि केसरी गगन बन चारी॥ १ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

pūraba disi giriguhā nivāsī। param pratāpa teja bala rāsī॥ matta nāga tama kuṃbha bidārī। sasi kesarī gagana bana cārī॥ 1 ॥

Meaning

Dwelling in the cave-like eastern quarter, a storehouse of supreme splendor, radiance, and strength, this moon-lion tears apart the forehead of the dark, intoxicated elephant of darkness and roams fearlessly in the sky-forest.

Context

This is Chaupai 1, Under Doha 12 from Lanka Kand, in the episode “Rama on Subel, Moonrise”. The episode describes Rama's divine vision on Subel mountain and the luminous beauty of the moonrise.

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