Mam pur basi tapasinha par priti
Mam pur basi tapasinha par priti
Chaupai 3, Under Doha 41 · Sundar Kand
Chaupai Text
मम पुर बसि तपसिन्ह पर प्रीती। सठ मिलु जाइ तिन्हहि कहु नीती॥ अस कहि कीन्हेसि चरन प्रहारा। अनुज गहे पद बारहिं बारा॥ ३ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
mama pura basi tapasinha para prītī। saṭha milu jāi tinhahi kahu nītī॥ asa kahi kīnhesi carana prahārā। anuja gahe pada bārahiṃ bārā॥ 3 ॥
Meaning
You dwell in my city and yet show affection for ascetics? Go and join them, O fool, and teach them policy! So saying, Ravana kicked him. But Vibhishana, though struck, seized his brother’s feet again and again.
Context
This is Chaupai 3, Under Doha 41 from Sundar Kand, in the episode “Vibhishan Counsels Ravan”. The episode describes Vibhishana's righteous counsel to Ravana, his humiliation, and his resolve to leave Lanka.
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