Tav batakahi goorh mrigalochani
Tav batakahi goorh mrigalochani
Chaupai 4, Under Doha 16 · Lanka Kand
Chaupai Text
तव बतकही गूढ़ मृगलोचनि। समुझत सुखद सुनत भय मोचनि॥ मंदोदरि मन महुँ अस ठयऊ। पियहि काल बस मतिभ्रम भयऊ॥ ४ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
tava batakahī gūḍha mṛgalocani। samujhata sukhada sunata bhaya mocani॥ maṃdodari mana mahuṃ asa ṭhayaū। piyahi kāla basa matibhrama bhayaū॥ 4 ॥
Meaning
O doe-eyed one, your words are profound—delightful when understood and freeing from fear when heard. Mandodari then concluded in her mind that her husband had fallen under Time's sway and become bewildered.
Context
This is Chaupai 4, Under Doha 16 from Lanka Kand, in the episode “Mandodari Praises Rama Again”. The episode describes Mandodari's heartfelt plea to Ravana to abandon enmity and surrender to Rama's divine glory.
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