Karat raj lanka sath tyagi

Chaupai 3, Under Doha 53 · Sundar Kand

Chaupai Text

करत राज लंका सठ त्यागी। होइहि जव कर कीट अभागी॥ पुनि कहु भालु कीस कटकाई। कठिन काल प्रेरित चलि आई॥ ३ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

karata rāja laṃkā saṭha tyāgī। hoihi java kara kīṭa abhāgī॥ puni kahu bhālu kīsa kaṭakāī। kaṭhina kāla prerita cali āī॥ 3 ॥

Meaning

That fool abandoned Lanka while ruling it. That unfortunate one will now be like a worm in grain. Then tell me about the army of bears and monkeys, which has come here impelled by hard fate.

Context

This is Chaupai 3, Under Doha 53 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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