Uh nisachar rahahin sasanka

Chaupai 1, Under Doha 36 · Sundar Kand

Chaupai Text

उहाँ निसाचर रहहिं ससंका। जब तें जारि गयउ कपि लंका॥ निज निज गृहँ सब करहिं बिचारा। नहिं निसिचर कुल केर उबारा॥ १ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

uhāṃ nisācara rahahiṃ sasaṃkā। jab teṃ jāri gayau kapi laṃkā॥ nija nija gṛhẽ saba karahiṃ bicārā। nahiṃ nisichara kula kera ubārā॥ 1 ॥

Meaning

There in Lanka, the demons lived in fear ever since Hanuman burned it. In their own homes they all deliberated, seeing no way to save the demon race.

Context

This is Chaupai 1, 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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