Jojan bhari tehim badanu pasara

Chaupai 4, Under Doha 2 · Sundar Kand

Chaupai Text

जोजन भरि तेहिं बदनु पसारा। कपि तनु कीन्ह दुगुन बिस्तारा॥ सोरह जोजन मुख तेहिं ठयऊ। तुरत पवनसुत बत्तिस भयऊ॥ ४ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

jojana bhari tehiṃ badanu pasārā। kapi tanu kīhna duguna bistārā॥ soraha jojana mukha tehiṃ ṭhayaū। turata pavanasuta battisa bhaoū॥ 4 ॥

Meaning

She opened her mouth a full yojana wide. Then Hanuman enlarged his body to twice that size. She made her mouth sixteen yojanas wide, and Hanuman instantly became thirty-two yojanas.

Context

This is Chaupai 4, Under Doha 2 from Sundar Kand, in the episode “Hanuman leaves for Lanka, Surasa's Test”. The episode describes Hanuman's ocean crossing, Surasa's test, and the slaying of the shadow-seizing demoness.

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