Sunu dasamukh khadyot prakasa

Chaupai 4, Under Doha 9 · Sundar Kand

Chaupai Text

सुनु दसमुख खद्योत प्रकासा। कबहुँ कि नलिनी करइ बिकासा॥ अस मन समुझु कहति जानकी। खल सुधि नहिं रघुबीर बान की॥ ४ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

sunu dasamukha khadyota prakāsā। kabahuṃ ki nalinī karai bikāsā॥ asa mana samujhu kahati jānakī। khala sudhi nahiṃ raghubīra bāna kī॥ 4 ॥

Meaning

Listen, O Ten-headed one: can the lotus bloom by the light of a firefly? Janaki then says, 'Understand this in your mind as well. O villain, you do not know the force of Shri Raghubir's arrows.'

Context

This is Chaupai 4, Under Doha 9 from Sundar Kand, in the episode “Hanuman Sees Sita, Ravan Threatens Her”. The episode describes Hanuman grieving at Sita's suffering and Ravana threatening her in the Ashoka grove.

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