Tav kul kamal bipin dukhadai

Chaupai 5, Under Doha 36 · Sundar Kand

Chaupai Text

तव कुल कमल बिपिन दुखदाई। सीता सीत निसा सम आई॥ सुनहु नाथ सीता बिनु दीन्हें। हित न तुम्हार संभु अज कीन्हें॥ ५ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

tava kula kamala bipina dukhadāī। sītā sīta nisā sama āī॥ sunahu nātha sītā binu dīnhẽ। hita na tumhāra saṃbhu aja kīnhẽ॥ 5 ॥

Meaning

Sita has come like a winter night, bringing sorrow to the lotus-grove of your lineage. Listen, my lord: without giving up Sita, your welfare cannot be accomplished, not even by Shiva and Brahma.

Context

This is Chaupai 5, Under Doha 36 from Sundar Kand, in the episode “Mandodari Warns Ravana”. The episode describes Mandodari pleading with Ravana to return Sita and heed Rama's invincible power.

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