Sundarkand

Dohā 21 / 60

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कह लंकेस कवन तैं कीसा। केहिं के बल घालेहि बन खीसा॥ की धौं श्रवन सुनेहि नहिं मोही। देखउँ अति असंक सठ तोही॥ मारे निसिचर केहिं अपराधा। कहु सठ तोहि न प्रान कइ बाधा॥ सुन रावन ब्रह्मांड निकाया। पाइ जासु बल बिरचित माया॥ जाकें बल बिरंचि हरि ईसा। पालत सृजत हरत दससीसा। जा बल सीस धरत सहसानन। अंडकोस समेत गिरि कानन॥ धरइ जो बिबिध देह सुरत्राता। तुम्ह ते सठन्ह सिखावनु दाता। हर कोदंड कठिन जेहि भंजा। तेहि समेत नृप दल मद गंजा॥ खर दूषन त्रिसिरा अरु बाली। बधे सकल अतुलित बलसाली॥

kaha laṃkesa kavana taiṃ kīsā kehiṃ ke bala ghālehi bana khīsā kī dhauṃ śravana sunehi nahiṃ mohī dekhau~ ati asaṃka saṭha tohī māre nisicara kehiṃ aparādhā kahu saṭha tohi na prāna kai bādhā suna rāvana brahmāṃḍa nikāyā pāi jāsu bala biracita māyā jākeṃ bala biraṃci hari īsā pālata sṛjata harata dasasīsā jā bala sīsa dharata sahasānana aṃḍakosa sameta giri kānana dharai jo bibidha deha suratrātā tumha te saṭhanha sikhāvanu dātā hara kodaṃḍa kaṭhina jehi bhaṃjā tehi sameta nṛpa dala mada gaṃjā khara dūṣana trisirā aru bālī badhe sakala atulita balasālī

Dohā

जाके बल लवलेस तें जितेहु चराचर झारि। तासु दूत मैं जा करि हरि आनेहु प्रिय नारि॥21॥

jāke bala lavalesa teṃ jitehu carācara jhāri tāsu dūta maiṃ jā kari hari ānehu priya nāri 21

MeaningThe lord of Lanka said, "Who are you, monkey? By whose strength did you lay the grove waste? Or have you not heard of me, that I see you so utterly fearless, fool? For what offence did you kill the demons? Tell, fool — is your life not in peril?" "Listen, Ravana — He on whose strength rests the host of universes, by whose power Maya is fashioned; by whose strength Brahma, Hari and Shiva create, sustain and destroy, O Ten-headed one; by whose strength the thousand-mouthed Shesha bears the cosmic egg with its mountains and forests on his head; who takes manifold forms to protect the gods, and is the giver of instruction to fools like you; who broke Shiva's mighty bow and crushed the pride of the host of kings; who slew Khara, Dushana, Trishira and Bali, all of matchless might — by a mere trace of whose strength you conquered the whole moving and unmoving world: I am the messenger of that (Lord) whose beloved wife you have carried off."

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The lord of Lanka said, "Who are you, monkey? By whose strength did you lay the grove waste? Or have you not heard of me, that I see you so utterly fearless, fool? For what offence did you kill the demons? Tell, fool — is your life not in peril?" "Listen, Ravana — He on whose strength rests the host of universes, by whose power Maya is fashioned; by whose strength Brahma, Hari and Shiva create, sustain and destroy, O Ten-headed one; by whose strength the thousand-mouthed Shesha bears the cosmic egg with its mountains and forests on his head; who takes manifold forms to protect the gods, and is the giver of instruction to fools like you; who broke Shiva's mighty bow and crushed the pride of the host of kings; who slew Khara, Dushana, Trishira and Bali, all of matchless might — by a mere trace of whose strength you conquered the whole moving and unmoving world: I am the messenger of that (Lord) whose beloved wife you have carried off."