जब रघुनाथ समर रिपु जीते । सुर नर मुनि सब के भय बीते ॥
तब लछिमन सीतहि लेइ आये । प्रभु पद परत हरषि उर लाये ॥
jaba raghunātha samara ripu jīte | sura nara muni saba ke bhaya bīte ||
taba lachimana sītahi lei āye | prabhu pada parata haraṣi ura lāye ||
Aranya Kanda
Chapter 21: Shurpanakha rouses Ravana in his court
8 verses · 21 of 46
What happens in this chapter
Shurpanakha rouses Ravana in his court
With the enemy beaten, the fear of devas, men and munis ends. Lakshmana brings Sita back, and her eyes cannot have enough of Rama's dark form. The Lord lives on at Panchavati. Seeing Khara and Dushana's ruin go up in smoke, Shurpanakha goes to Ravana and speaks in fury: you drink and sleep day and night and forget your land and treasury, unaware the enemy stands over your head. She recites maxims: a kingdom without statecraft, wealth without dharma, learning without discernment, a king by bad counsel, knowledge by pride, all perish quickly. Enemy, disease, fire, sin, a master and a serpent are never to be thought small. Falling in the assembly she weeps: while you live, Dashakandhar, should this be my state?
सीता चितव स्याम मृदु गाता । परम प्रेम लोचन न अघाता ॥
पंचबटी बसि श्रीरघुनायक । करत चरित सुर-मुनि सुखदायक ॥
sītā citava syāma mṛdu gātā | parama prema locana na aghātā ||
paṃcabaṭī basi śrīraghunāyaka | karata carita sura-muni sukhadāyaka ||
धुआँ देखि खरदूषन केरा । जाइ सुपनखाँ रावन प्रेरा ॥
बोली बचन क्रोध करि भारी । देस कोस के सुरति बिसारी ॥
dhuām̐ dekhi kharadūṣana kerā | jāi supanakhām̐ rāvana prerā ||
bolī bacana krodha kari bhārī | desa kosa ke surati bisārī ||
करसि पान सोवसि दिन राती । सुधि नहिं तव सिर पर आराती ॥
राज नीति बिनु धन बिनु धर्मा । हरिहि समर्पे बिनु सतकर्मा ॥
karasi pāna sovasi dina rātī | sudhi nahiṃ tava sira para ārātī ||
rāja nīti binu dhana binu dharmā | harihi samarpe binu satakarmā ||
विद्या बिनु बिबेक उपजाये । स्त्रम-फल पढ़े किये अरु पायें ॥
सङ्ग तेँ जती कुमन्त्र ते राजा । मान तेँ ज्ञान पान तेँ लाजा ॥
vidyā binu bibeka upajāye | strama-phala par̤he kiye aru pāyeṃ ||
saṅga tem̐ jatī kumantra te rājā | māna tem̐ jñāna pāna tem̐ lājā ||
प्रीति प्रनय बिनु मद ते गुनी । नासहिं बेगि नीति अस सुनी ॥
prīti pranaya binu mada te gunī | nāsahiṃ begi nīti asa sunī ||
रिपु रुज पावक पाप, प्रभु अहि गनिय न छोट करि ।
अस कहि बिबिध बिलाप, करि लागी रोदन करन ॥
ripu ruja pāvaka pāpa, prabhu ahi ganiya na choṭa kari |
asa kahi bibidha bilāpa, kari lāgī rodana karana ||
सभा माँझ परि व्याकुल, बहु प्रकार कह रोइ ।
तोहि जियत दसकन्धर, मोरि कि असि गति होइ ॥
sabhā mām̐jha pari vyākula, bahu prakāra kaha roi |
tohi jiyata dasakandhara, mori ki asi gati hoi ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0