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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