Sadhu avagya kar phalu aisa

Chaupai 3, Under Doha 26 · Sundar Kand

Chaupai Text

साधु अवग्या कर फलु ऐसा। जरइ नगर अनाथ कर जैसा॥ जारा नगरु निमिष एक माहीं। एक बिभीषन कर गृह नाहीं॥ ३ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

sādhu avagyā kara phalu aisā। jarai nagara anātha kara jaisā॥ jārā nagaru nimiṣa eka māhīṃ। eka bibhīṣana kara gṛha nāhīṃ॥ 3 ॥

Meaning

Such is the fruit of insulting the saint: the city burns like a city without a protector. Hanuman burned the whole city in a single moment, except for Vibhishana’s house.

Context

This is Chaupai 3, Under Doha 26 from Sundar Kand, in the episode “The Burning of Lanka”. The episode describes Hanuman setting all of Lanka ablaze with the fire on his tail.