Tab ravan maysuta uthai

Chaupai 1, Under Doha 8 · Lanka Kand

Chaupai Text

तब रावन मयसुता उठाई। कहै लाग खल निज प्रभुताई॥ सुनु तैं प्रिया बृथा भय माना। जग जोधा को मोहि समाना॥ १ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

taba rāvana mayasutā uṭhāī। kahai lāga khala nija prabhutāī॥ sunu taiṃ priyā bṛthā bhaya mānā। jaga jodhā ko mohi samānā॥ 1 ॥

Meaning

Then Ravana raised Mandodari up, and the wicked one began boasting of his own power to her: “Listen, my dear, you have taken fear in vain. Tell me, who in the world is a warrior equal to me?”

Context

This is Chaupai 1, Under Doha 8 from Lanka Kand, in the episode “Mandodari Counsels Ravana”. The episode describes Mandodari's tearful plea to Ravana to return Sita and his tense exchange with Prahasta.

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