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Sundarkand

Dohā 19 / 60

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सुनि सुत बध लंकेस रिसाना। पठएसि मेघनाद बलवाना॥ मारसि जनि सुत बांधेसु ताही। देखिअ कपिहि कहाँ कर आही॥ चला इंद्रजित अतुलित जोधा। बंधु निधन सुनि उपजा क्रोधा॥ कपि देखा दारुन भट आवा। कटकटाइ गर्जा अरु धावा॥ अति बिसाल तरु एक उपारा। बिरथ कीन्ह लंकेस कुमारा॥ रहे महाभट ताके संगा। गहि गहि कपि मर्दइ निज अंगा॥ तिन्हहि निपाति ताहि सन बाजा। भिरे जुगल मानहुँ गजराजा। मुठिका मारि चढ़ा तरु जाई। ताहि एक छन मुरुछा आई॥ उठि बहोरि कीन्हिसि बहु माया। जीति जाइ प्रभंजन जाया॥

suni suta badha laṃkesa risānā paṭhaesi meghanāda balavānā mārasi jani suta bāṃdhesu tāhī dekhia kapihi kahā~ kara āhī calā iṃdrajita atulita jodhā baṃdhu nidhana suni upajā krodhā kapi dekhā dāruna bhaṭa āvā kaṭakaṭāi garjā aru dhāvā ati bisāla taru eka upārā biratha kīnha laṃkesa kumārā rahe mahābhaṭa tāke saṃgā gahi gahi kapi mardai nija aṃgā tinhahi nipāti tāhi sana bājā bhire jugala mānahu~ gajarājā muṭhikā māri caḍhā taru jāī tāhi eka chana muruchā āī uṭhi bahori kīnhisi bahu māyā jīti na jāi prabhaṃjana jāyā

Dohā

ब्रह्म अस्त्र तेहिं साँधा कपि मन कीन्ह बिचार। जौं ब्रह्मसर मानउँ महिमा मिटइ अपार॥19॥

brahma astra tehiṃ sā~dhā kapi mana kīnha bicāra jauṃ na brahmasara mānau~ mahimā miṭai apāra 19

MeaningHearing of his son's death the lord of Lanka raged and sent the mighty Meghnad: "Do not slay him, son, but bind him; let us see this monkey — whence is he?" Indrajit, the matchless warrior, set off, wrath arisen at his brother's death. The monkey saw the terrible warrior come; gnashing his teeth he roared and charged. He uprooted a huge tree and made the prince of Lanka chariotless; the great warriors with him he seized and crushed against his own limbs. Felling them he closed with (Meghnad); the two grappled like two lordly elephants. Dealing a fist-blow he climbed a tree; for a moment (Meghnad) swooned. Rising again he worked much maya; the son of the Wind could not be conquered. He fixed the Brahma-astra (on his bow); the monkey thought, "If I do not honour the Brahma-arrow, its boundless glory will be lost."
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What is the meaning of Sundarkand Dohā 19?
Hearing of his son's death the lord of Lanka raged and sent the mighty Meghnad: "Do not slay him, son, but bind him; let us see this monkey — whence is he?" Indrajit, the matchless warrior, set off, wrath arisen at his brother's death. The monkey saw the terrible warrior come; gnashing his teeth he roared and charged. He uprooted a huge tree and made the prince of Lanka chariotless; the great warriors with him he seized and crushed against his own limbs. Felling them he closed with (Meghnad); the two grappled like two lordly elephants. Dealing a fist-blow he climbed a tree; for a moment (Meghnad) swooned. Rising again he worked much maya; the son of the Wind could not be conquered. He fixed the Brahma-astra (on his bow); the monkey thought, "If I do not honour the Brahma-arrow, its boundless glory will be lost."