दसमुख सकल कथा तेहि आगें । कही सहित अभिमान अभागें ॥
होहु कपट-मृग तुम्ह छलकारी । जेहि बिधि हरि आनउँ नृप नारी ॥
dasamukha sakala kathā tehi āgeṃ | kahī sahita abhimāna abhāgeṃ ||
hohu kapaṭa-mṛga tumha chalakārī | jehi bidhi hari ānaum̐ nṛpa nārī ||
Aranya Kanda
Chapter 25: Maricha warns Ravana against Rama
5 verses · 25 of 46
What happens in this chapter
Maricha warns Ravana against Rama
Proud and ill-fated, Ravana tells Maricha the whole matter: become a deceiving deer, so that I can carry off the king's wife. Maricha answers: listen, Dashashisa, he is the Lord of all that moves and stays. Do not make an enemy of him, son; we die if he kills and live if he lets us live. When the prince went to guard the munis' yajna, Raghupati struck me with a headless arrow and I flew a hundred yojanas in a moment. Since then I am like the insect caught by the wasp: wherever I look I see the two brothers. He who slew Tataka and Subahu, broke Shiva's bow and killed Khara, Dushana and Trishira, is he a mere man?
तेहिं पुनि कहा सुनहु दससीसा । ते नररुप चराचर-ईसा ॥
ता सोँ तात बयर नहिँ कीजै । मारें मरिअ जिआये जीजै ॥
tehiṃ puni kahā sunahu dasasīsā | te nararupa carācara-īsā ||
tā som̐ tāta bayara nahim̐ kījai | māreṃ maria jiāye jījai ||
मुनि मख राखन गयउ कुमारा । बिनु फर सर रघुपति मोहि मारा ॥
सत जोजन आयउँ छन माहीं । तिन्ह सन बयर किये भल नाहीँ ॥
muni makha rākhana gayau kumārā | binu phara sara raghupati mohi mārā ||
sata jojana āyaum̐ chana māhīṃ | tinha sana bayara kiye bhala nāhīm̐ ||
भइ मम कीट भृङ्ग की नाई । जहँ तहँ मैँ देखउँ दोउ मोई ॥
जौँ नर तात तदपि अति सूरा । तिन्हहिँ बिरोधि न आइहि पूरा ॥
bhai mama kīṭa bhṛṅga kī nāī | jaham̐ taham̐ maim̐ dekhaum̐ dou moī ||
jaum̐ nara tāta tadapi ati sūrā | tinhahim̐ birodhi na āihi pūrā ||
जेहिं ताड़का सुबाहु हति, खंडेउ हर-को दंड ।
खर-दूषन-तिसिरा-बधेउ, मनुज कि अस बरिवंड ॥
jehiṃ tār̤akā subāhu hati, khaṃḍeu hara-ko daṃḍa |
khara-dūṣana-tisirā-badheu, manuja ki asa barivaṃḍa ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0