Sayan kien dekha kapi tehi

Chaupai 4, Under Doha 5 · Sundar Kand

Chaupai Text

सयन किएँ देखा कपि तेही। मंदिर महुँ न दीखि बैदेही॥ भवन एक पुनि दीख सुहावा। हरि मंदिर तहँ भिन्न बनावा॥ ४ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

sayana kieṃ dekhā kapi tehī। maṃdira mahuṃ na dīkhi baidehī॥ bhavana eka puni dīkha suhāvā। hari maṃdira tahaṃ bhinna banāvā॥ 4 ॥

Meaning

Hanuman saw him lying down, but Sita was not seen in the palace. Then he saw another beautiful building. There, a separate temple of the Lord had been built.

Context

This is Chaupai 4, Under Doha 5 from Sundar Kand, in the episode “Hanuman Enters Lanka”. The episode describes Hanuman beholding golden Lanka by night and entering the city after subduing Lankini.