Jasu dut bal barani na jai

Chaupai 2, Under Doha 36 · Sundar Kand

Chaupai Text

जासु दूत बल बरनि न जाई। तेहि आएँ पुर कवन भलाई॥ दूतिन्ह सन सुनि पुरजन बानी। मंदोदरी अधिक अकुलानी॥ २ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

jāsu dūta bala barani na jāī। tehi āẽ pura kavana bhalāī॥ dūtinha sana suni purajana bānī। maṃdodarī adhika akulānī॥ 2 ॥

Meaning

How can the power of that messenger be described? If he himself comes to the city, what good can there be? Hearing the words of the townspeople from the envoys, Mandodari became greatly agitated.

Context

This is Chaupai 2, Under Doha 36 from Sundar Kand, in the episode “Mandodari Warns Ravana”. The episode describes Mandodari pleading with Ravana to return Sita and heed Rama's invincible power.

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