Kahahu kavan main param kulina

Chaupai 4, Under Doha 7 · Sundar Kand

Chaupai Text

कहहु कवन मैं परम कुलीना। कपि चंचल सबहीं बिधि हीना॥ प्रात लेइ जो नाम हमारा। तेहि दिन ताहि न मिलै अहारा॥ ४ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

kahahu kavan maiṃ parama kulīnā। kapi cañcala sabahīṃ bidhi hīnā॥ prāta lei jo nāma hamārā। tehi dina tāhi na milai ahārā॥ 4 ॥

Meaning

Tell me, what great noble birth do I have? I am a restless monkey and lacking in every respect. Whoever even takes our name in the morning will not get food that day.

Context

This is Chaupai 4, Under Doha 7 from Sundar Kand, in the episode “Hanuman-Vibhishana Dialogue”. The episode describes Hanuman meeting Vibhishana in Lanka and their heartfelt exchange filled with devotion to Rama.

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