Tab tav badan paithihaun aai

Chaupai 3, Under Doha 2 · Sundar Kand

Chaupai Text

तब तव बदन पैठिहउँ आई। सत्य कहउँ मोहि जान दे माई॥ कवनेहुँ जतन देइ नहिं जाना। ग्रससि न मोहि कहेउ हनुमाना॥ ३ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

taba tava badana paiṭhihaũ āī। satya kahauṃ mohi jāna de māī॥ kavaneṃhu jatana dei nahiṃ jānā। grasasi na mohi kaheu hanumānā॥ 3 ॥

Meaning

Then I shall come in and enter your mouth, so you may eat me. O Mother, I speak the truth: let me go now. When she did not allow him to pass by any means, Hanuman said, 'Then eat me if you must.'

Context

This is Chaupai 3, Under Doha 2 from Sundar Kand, in the episode “Hanuman leaves for Lanka, Surasa's Test”. The episode describes Hanuman's ocean crossing, Surasa's test, and the slaying of the shadow-seizing demoness.

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