Sundarkand

Dohā 53 / 60

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Chaupāī

तुरत नाइ लछिमन पद माथा। चले दूत बरनत गुन गाथा॥ कहत राम जसु लंकाँ आए। रावन चरन सीस तिन्ह नाए॥ बिहसि दसानन पूँछी बाता। कहसि न सुक आपनि कुसलाता॥ पुनि कहु खबरि बिभीषन केरी। जाहि मृत्यु आई अति नेरी॥ करत राज लंका सठ त्यागी। होइहि जब कर कीट अभागी॥ पुनि कहु भालु कीस कटकाई। कठिन काल प्रेरित चलि आई॥ जिन्ह के जीवन कर रखवारा। भयउ मृदुल चित सिंधु बिचारा॥ कहु तपसिन्ह कै बात बहोरी। जिन्ह के हृदयँ त्रास अति मोरी॥

turata nāi lachimana pada māthā cale dūta baranata guna gāthā kahata rāma jasu laṃkā~ āe rāvana carana sīsa tinha nāe bihasi dasānana pū~chī bātā kahasi na suka āpani kusalātā puni kahu khabari bibhīṣana kerī jāhi mṛtyu āī ati nerī karata rāja laṃkā saṭha tyāgī hoihi jaba kara kīṭa abhāgī puni kahu bhālu kīsa kaṭakāī kaṭhina kāla prerita cali āī jinha ke jīvana kara rakhavārā bhayau mṛdula cita siṃdhu bicārā kahu tapasinha kai bāta bahorī jinha ke hṛdaya~ trāsa ati morī

Dohā

-की भइ भेंट कि फिरि गए श्रवन सुजसु सुनि मोर। कहसि न रिपु दल तेज बल बहुत चकित चित तोर॥53॥

-kī bhai bheṃṭa ki phiri gae śravana sujasu suni mora kahasi na ripu dala teja bala bahuta cakita cita tora 53

MeaningAt once bowing their heads at Lakshmana's feet, the spies set off, recounting his (Rama's) host of virtues. Chanting Rama's fame they came to Lanka and bowed their heads at Ravana's feet. The Ten-faced one laughed and asked the matter: "Shuka, do you not tell your own welfare? Then tell the news of Vibhishana, to whom death has come very near — the fool who forsook (his) reigning over Lanka; when will the ill-fated one become an insect of the times? Then tell of the army of bears and monkeys, urged on by hard fate to come — whose lives' guardian became the soft-hearted, foolish ocean. Then tell the matter of the ascetics, who have great terror of me in their hearts — have they met (the army), or gone back hearing my fair fame? Tell — is not your mind much amazed at the enemy host's might and strength?"

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At once bowing their heads at Lakshmana's feet, the spies set off, recounting his (Rama's) host of virtues. Chanting Rama's fame they came to Lanka and bowed their heads at Ravana's feet. The Ten-faced one laughed and asked the matter: "Shuka, do you not tell your own welfare? Then tell the news of Vibhishana, to whom death has come very near — the fool who forsook (his) reigning over Lanka; when will the ill-fated one become an insect of the times? Then tell of the army of bears and monkeys, urged on by hard fate to come — whose lives' guardian became the soft-hearted, foolish ocean. Then tell the matter of the ascetics, who have great terror of me in their hearts — have they met (the army), or gone back hearing my fair fame? Tell — is not your mind much amazed at the enemy host's might and strength?"