Punchihu nath ram katakai

Chaupai 3, Under Doha 54 · Sundar Kand

Chaupai Text

पूँछिहु नाथ राम कटकाई। बदन कोटि सत बरनि न जाई॥ नाना बरन भालु कपि धारी। बिकटानन बिसाल भयकारी॥ ३ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

pūṃchihu nātha rāma kaṭakāī। badana koṭi sata barani na jāī॥ nānā barana bhālu kapi dhārī। bikatānana bisāla bhayakārī॥ 3 ॥

Meaning

O Lord, you asked about Rama's army; it cannot be described even with a hundred million mouths. It is an army of bears and monkeys of many colors, terrible-faced, vast-bodied, and fearsome.

Context

This is Chaupai 3, Under Doha 54 from Sundar Kand, in the episode “Shuka Warns Ravan”. The episode describes Shuka describing Rama's army's might to Ravana and delivering Lakshmana's final warning letter.