Bihasi dasanan punchhi bata
Bihasi dasanan punchhi bata
Chaupai 2, Under Doha 53 · Sundar Kand
Chaupai Text
बिहसि दसानन पूँछी बाता। कहसि न सुक आपनि कुसलाता॥ पुनि कहु खबरि बिभीषन केरी। जाहि मृत्यु आई अति नेरी॥ २ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
bihasi dasānana pūṃchī bātā। kahasi na suka āpani kusalātā॥ puni kahu khabari bibhīṣana kerī। jāhi mṛtyu āī ati nerī॥ 2 ॥
Meaning
Ravana, the ten-headed one, smiled and asked, 'O Shuka, why do you not speak of your welfare? Then tell me the news of Vibhishana, whose death has drawn very near.'
Context
This is Chaupai 2, Under Doha 53 from Sundar Kand, in the episode “Shuka Arrives with Lakshmana's Letter”. The episode describes deliberations on crossing the sea, Shuka's arrival, and return with Lakshmana's letter.
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