Sundarkand

Dohā 5 / 60

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Chaupāī

प्रबिसि नगर कीजे सब काजा। हृदयँ राखि कौसलपुर राजा॥ गरल सुधा रिपु करहिं मिताई। गोपद सिंधु अनल सितलाई॥ गरुड़ सुमेरु रेनू सम ताही। राम कृपा करि चितवा जाही॥ अति लघु रूप धरेउ हनुमाना। पैठा नगर सुमिरि भगवाना॥ मंदिर मंदिर प्रति करि सोधा। देखे जहँ तहँ अगनित जोधा॥ गयउ दसानन मंदिर माहीं। अति बिचित्र कहि जात सो नाहीं॥ सयन किए देखा कपि तेही। मंदिर महुँ न दीखि बैदेही॥ भवन एक पुनि दीख सुहावा। हरि मंदिर तहँ भिन्न बनावा॥

prabisi nagara kīje saba kājā hṛdaya~ rākhi kausalapura rājā garala sudhā ripu karahiṃ mitāī gopada siṃdhu anala sitalāī garuḍa sumeru renū sama tāhī rāma kṛpā kari citavā jāhī ati laghu rūpa dhareu hanumānā paiṭhā nagara sumiri bhagavānā maṃdira maṃdira prati kari sodhā dekhe jaha~ taha~ aganita jodhā gayau dasānana maṃdira māhīṃ ati bicitra kahi jāta so nāhīṃ sayana kie dekhā kapi tehī maṃdira mahu~ na dīkhi baidehī bhavana eka puni dīkha suhāvā hari maṃdira taha~ bhinna banāvā

Dohā

रामायुध अंकित गृह सोभा बरनि न जाइ। नव तुलसिका बृंद तहँ देखि हरषि कपिराइ॥5॥

rāmāyudha aṃkita gṛha sobhā barani na jāi nava tulasikā bṛṃda taha~ dekhi haraṣi kapirāi 5

Meaning(Lankini said:) "Enter the city and accomplish all your work, keeping in your heart the King of Kaushalpur (Rama). For one on whom Rama looks with grace, poison becomes nectar, foes become friends, the ocean a cow's hoof-print and fire cool; Garuda becomes like Mount Sumeru, and Sumeru like a speck of dust." Hanuman took a tiny form and, remembering the Lord, entered the city. He searched mansion after mansion, seeing countless warriors here and there. He went into Ravana's palace — exceedingly wondrous, beyond telling — and saw him asleep; but in the palace he did not see Vaidehi (Sita). Then he saw a lovely abode, where a temple of Hari was built apart — its house marked with Rama's weapons (and emblems), of beauty beyond describing. Seeing there fresh tulsi plants, the monkey-king rejoiced.

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(Lankini said:) "Enter the city and accomplish all your work, keeping in your heart the King of Kaushalpur (Rama). For one on whom Rama looks with grace, poison becomes nectar, foes become friends, the ocean a cow's hoof-print and fire cool; Garuda becomes like Mount Sumeru, and Sumeru like a speck of dust." Hanuman took a tiny form and, remembering the Lord, entered the city. He searched mansion after mansion, seeing countless warriors here and there. He went into Ravana's palace — exceedingly wondrous, beyond telling — and saw him asleep; but in the palace he did not see Vaidehi (Sita). Then he saw a lovely abode, where a temple of Hari was built apart — its house marked with Rama's weapons (and emblems), of beauty beyond describing. Seeing there fresh tulsi plants, the monkey-king rejoiced.