Jitehu surasur tab shram nahin

Chaupai 5, Under Doha 37 · Sundar Kand

Chaupai Text

जितेहु सुरासुर तब श्रम नाहीं। नर बानर केहि लेखे माहीं॥ ५ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

jitehu surāsura taba śrama nāhīṃ। nara bānara kehi lekhe māhīṃ॥ 5 ॥

Meaning

You have conquered gods and demons; then there was no exertion at all. So what count are men and monkeys?

Context

This is Chaupai 5, Under Doha 37 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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