Kah lankes sunahu raghunayak

Chaupai 4, Under Doha 50 · Sundar Kand

Chaupai Text

कह लंकेस सुनहु रघुनायक। कोटि सिंधु सोषक तव सायक॥ जद्यपि तदपि नीति असि गाई। बिनय करिअ सागर सन जाई॥ ४ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

kaha laṅkesa sunahu raghunāyaka। koṭi sindhu soṣaka tava sāyaka॥ jadyapi tadapi nīti asi gāī। binaya kari'a sāgara sana jāī॥ 4 ॥

Meaning

Vibhishana said: O Raghunath, listen. Although even one of your arrows can dry up countless oceans, still the code of conduct says that one should first go and make an appeal to the ocean.

Context

This is Chaupai 4, Under Doha 50 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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