Sur kavan Ravan saris svakar kati

Doha 28 · Lanka Kand

Doha Text

सूर कवन रावन सरिस स्वकर काटि जेहिं सीस। हुने अनल अति हरष बहु बार साखि गौरीस॥ २८ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

sūra kavana rāvana sarisa svakara kāṭi jehiṃ sīsa। hune anala ati haraṣa bahu bāra sākhi gaurīsa॥ 28 ॥

Meaning

Who is a hero like Ravana, who cut off his own heads with his own hands and, with great joy, offered them into the fire many times? Lord Gaurisha Shiva himself is witness to this.

Context

This is Doha 28 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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