Subhat sakal charihum disi jahu

Chaupai 3, Under Doha 40 · Lanka Kand

Chaupai Text

सुभट सकल चारिहुँ दिसि जाहू। धरि धरि भालु कीस सब खाहू॥ उमा रावनहि अस अभिमाना। जिमि टिट्टिभ खग सूत उताना॥ ३ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

subhaṭa sakala cārihum̐ disi jāhū। dhari dhari bhālu kīsa saba khāhū॥ umā rāvanahi asa abhimānā। jimi ṭiṭṭibha khaga sūta utānā॥ 3 ॥

Meaning

And he said, O warriors, all of you go in the four directions and seize the bears and monkeys one by one and devour them. O Uma, Ravana was so arrogant that he was like the tittibha bird sleeping with its feet upward, as though it could hold up the sky.

Context

This is Chaupai 3, Under Doha 40 from Lanka Kand, in the episode “The War Begins”. The episode describes the great Lanka war erupting as Vanara and Rakshasa armies clash fiercely.