Adhyay 2 • Shlok 73

चौ0—Žयाकयरल रा'U सिथिल सब »ािा । करिनि कलपिLर मनगय¡U निपािा॥ कंर˘यU सŒ„ मय„ ुाव न बानी । `नय पा˘Uीनय दीन बिनय पानी॥ 1॥ पयनि कग U कंयU क˘Uôर कारकेरर्§ । मनगय¡U घाय मगUय¡U मागयUर देर्§॥ `ौउ ुंिगय¡U ुस करिबय रगेU“र । मा»य मा»य ियग केर¤गU बल कगेU“र॥ 2॥ दय§ कि गUô§ ०क समय भयुाला । ग¡Uसब ˘U˘Uा§ ¨यरला'Uब »ाला॥ दानि कगUा'Uब ुLर कहरपनार्§ । गUô§ कि „ेम कयरसल रौिार्§॥ 3॥ छा˙‚UगयU बचनय कि ˇीर`य ˇरगŒ । `नि ुबला `िमि कLरना करगŒU॥ िनय ििय िनय ˇामय ˇनय ˇरनी । सˆयसंˇ कगय¡U िहन सम बरनी॥ 4॥

Roman Transliteration (IAST)

byŒkula rŒu sithila saba gŒtŒ, karini kalapataru manahu ¡ nipŒtŒ. kaṁ¢hu sµukha mukha Œva na bŒnī, janu pŒ¢hīnu dīna binu pŒnī.1. puni kaha ka¢u ka¢hora kaikeī, manahu¡ ghŒya mahu ¡ mŒhura deī. jau¡ antahu ¡ asa karatabu raheµu, mŒgu mŒgu tumha kehi ò bala kaheµu.2. dui ki hoi eka samaya bhuŒlŒ, ha ¡saba ¢ha¢hŒi phulŒuba gŒlŒ. dŒni kahŒuba aru kṛpanŒī, hoi ki khema kusala rautŒī.3. chŒRahu bacanu ki dhīraju dharahµu, jani abalŒ jimi karunŒ karahµu. tanu tiya tanaya dhŒmu dhanu dharanī, satyasandha kahu ¡ tṛna sama baranī.4.

Translations

English Translations 1
Gita Press English

The king was stricken with grief and his limbs began to droop; it looked as if a wish-yielding tree had been knocked down by a female elephant. His throat was dry and speech failed his lips; he felt miserable like a fish out of water. Kaikey¶ plied him once more with pungent and harsh words, injecting poison as it were into his wound, “If this was what you intended doing in the long run, what emboldened you to say ‘Ask, ask’? Can both these things happen at the same time, O sovereign of the earth—to laugh a boisterous laugh and to look grave, to enjoy the reputation of being generous and yet be stingy? Is it possible to remain unscathed while playing the hero? Either go back upon your word or forbear; pray do not wail like a woman. Life and wife, sons, home, wealth and land have been spoken of as no better than a straw in the eyes of a man who is true to his word.” (1—4)

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