Birah agini tanu tul samira
Chaupai 4, Under Doha 31 · Sundar Kand
Chaupai Text
बिरह अगिनि तनु तूल समीरा। स्वास जरइ छन माहिं सरीरा॥ नयन स्रवहिं जलु निज हित लागी। जरैं न पाव देह बिरहागी॥ ४ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
biraha agini tanu tūla samīrā। svāsa jarai chana māhiṃ sarīrā॥ nayana sravahiṃ jalu nija hita lāgī। jaraiṃ na pāva deha birahāgī॥ 4 ॥
Meaning
Separation is fire, the body is cotton, and breath is the wind; thus, when these come together, the body can burn up in an instant. Yet the eyes pour out water for their own good, so that the body is not consumed by the fire of separation.
Context
This is Chaupai 4, Under Doha 31 from Sundar Kand, in the episode “Hanuman Returns, Reports to Ram”. The episode describes Hanuman's joyful return, Madhuvan celebration, and his report of Sita's message to Rama.