सयन कीन्ह नृप आयसु मानी । आसन जाइ बैठ छल-ज्ञानी ॥
श्रमित भूप निद्रा अति आई । सो किमि सोव सोच अधिकाई ॥
sayana kīnha nṛpa āyasu mānī | āsana jāi baiṭha chala-jñānī ||
śramita bhūpa nidrā ati āī | so kimi sova soca adhikāī ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 170: Kalaketu, the boar in disguise
5 verses · 170 of 361
What happens in this chapter
Kalaketu, the boar in disguise
Obeying, the king lay down, and the master of deceit went to his seat. The weary king fell fast asleep, but how could the other sleep, so great was his worry? Then the rakshasa Kalaketu came, the one who had taken the form of a boar and led the king astray. He was the ascetic-king's close friend. He had a hundred sons and ten brothers, wicked, unconquerable tormentors of the devas, whom Pratapbhanu had earlier slain in battle when he saw brahmins, saints and devas suffering. Recalling that old enmity, the villain plotted with the ascetic-king how to destroy their foe. An enemy full of power, even alone, should never be counted small: Rahu, only a head, still torments sun and moon.
कालकेतु निसिचर तहँ आवा । जेहिं सूकर होइ नृपहि भुलावा ॥
परम मित्र तापस-नृप-केरा । जानइ सो अति कपट घनेरा ॥
kālaketu nisicara taham̐ āvā | jehiṃ sūkara hoi nṛpahi bhulāvā ||
parama mitra tāpasa-nṛpa-kerā | jānai so ati kapaṭa ghanerā ||
तेहि के सत सुत अरु दस भाई । खल अति अजय देव-दुख-दाई ॥
प्रथमहिँ भूप समर सब मारे । बिप्र सन्त सुर देखि दुखारे ॥
tehi ke sata suta aru dasa bhāī | khala ati ajaya deva-dukha-dāī ||
prathamahim̐ bhūpa samara saba māre | bipra santa sura dekhi dukhāre ||
तेहिं खल पाछिल बयर सँभरा । तापस नृप मिलि मन्त्र बिचारा ॥
जेहि रिपु-छय सोइ रचेन्हि उपाऊ । भावी बस न जान कछु राऊ ॥
tehiṃ khala pāchila bayara sam̐bharā | tāpasa nṛpa mili mantra bicārā ||
jehi ripu-chaya soi racenhi upāū | bhāvī basa na jāna kachu rāū ||
रिपु तेजसी अकेल अपि, लघु करि गनिय न ताहु ।
अजहुँ देत दुख रवि ससिहि, सिर अवसेषित राहु ॥
ripu tejasī akela api, laghu kari ganiya na tāhu |
ajahum̐ deta dukha ravi sasihi, sira avaseṣita rāhu ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0