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The three brothers performed many kinds of tapas. Seeing it, Brahma came near: I am pleased, son; ask a boon. Ravana clasped his feet and pleaded: hear, Lord of the world, let us die at no one's hands except the two races of monkey and man. Shiva tells Parvati that he and Brahma together granted it: "So be it; you have done great tapas." Then they went to Kumbhakarna, alarmed: if this villain eats every day, the whole world will be laid waste. So they sent Sharada, who turned his mind, and he asked for sleep of six months. Last they went to Vibhishana and told him, son, ask a boon. He asked for pure love for the Lord's lotus feet.
कीन्ह बिबिध तप तीनिउँ भाई । परम उग्र नहिं बरनि सो जाई ॥
गयउ निकट तप देखि बिधाता । माँगहु बर प्रसन्न मैँ ताता ॥
kīnha bibidha tapa tīnium̐ bhāī | parama ugra nahiṃ barani so jāī ||
gayau nikaṭa tapa dekhi bidhātā | mām̐gahu bara prasanna maim̐ tātā ||
करि बिनती पद गहि दससीसा । बोलेउ बचन सुनहु जगदीसा ॥
हम काहू के मरहिँ न मारें । बानर मनुज जाति दुई बारें ॥
kari binatī pada gahi dasasīsā | boleu bacana sunahu jagadīsā ||
hama kāhū ke marahim̐ na māreṃ | bānara manuja jāti duī bāreṃ ||
एवमस्तु तुम्ह बड़ तप कीन्हा । मैँ ब्रह्माँ मिलि तेहि बर दीन्हा ॥
पुनि प्रभु कुम्भकरन पहिँ गयऊ । तेहि बिलोकि मन बिसमय भयऊ ॥
evamastu tumha bar̤a tapa kīnhā | maim̐ brahmām̐ mili tehi bara dīnhā ||
puni prabhu kumbhakarana pahim̐ gayaū | tehi biloki mana bisamaya bhayaū ||
जौँ एहिं खल नित करब अहारू । होइहि सब उजारि संसारू ॥
सारद प्रेरि तासु मति फेरी । मागेसि नींद मास षट केरी ॥
jaum̐ ehiṃ khala nita karaba ahārū | hoihi saba ujāri saṃsārū ||
sārada preri tāsu mati pherī | māgesi nīṃda māsa ṣaṭa kerī ||
गये बिभीषन पास पुनि, कहेउ पुत्र घर माँगु ।
तेहिं मागेउ भगवन्त पद,-कमल अमल अनुरागु ॥
gaye bibhīṣana pāsa puni, kaheu putra ghara mām̐gu |
tehiṃ māgeu bhagavanta pada,-kamala amala anurāgu ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0
