तिन्हि देइ बर ब्रह्म सिधाये । हरषित ते अपने गृह आये ॥
मय-तनुजा मन्दोदरि नामा । परम-सुन्दरी नारि-ललामा ॥
tinhi dei bara brahma sidhāye | haraṣita te apane gṛha āye ||
maya-tanujā mandodari nāmā | parama-sundarī nāri-lalāmā ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 178: Mandodari and the founding of Lanka
6 verses · 178 of 361
What happens in this chapter
Mandodari and the founding of Lanka
Granting the boons, Brahma departed and the brothers went home glad. Maya's daughter Mandodari was a jewel among women; Maya brought her and gave her to Ravana, knowing he would be lord of the rakshasas. Pleased at gaining a fine wife, Ravana then went and had his two brothers married. In the middle of the sea stood Mount Trikuta, made by Brahma, very hard to reach. The danava Maya adorned it again with countless palaces of gold set with jewels. Lovelier than Bhogavati or Amaravati, it was famed in the world as Lanka. The deep sea was its moat; its walls were of gold. In whatever kalpa Hari wills, the lord of the rakshasas, mighty and valiant, lives there with his host.
सोइ मयं दीन्हि रावनहि आनी । होइहि जातुधान-पति जानी ॥
हरषित भयउ नारि भलि पाई । पुनि दोउ बन्धु बिआहेसि जाई ॥
soi mayaṃ dīnhi rāvanahi ānī | hoihi jātudhāna-pati jānī ||
haraṣita bhayau nāri bhali pāī | puni dou bandhu biāhesi jāī ||
गिरि-त्रिकूट एक सिन्धु मँझारी । बिधि-निर्मित दुर्गम अति भारी ॥
सोइ मय दानवँ बहुरि सँवारा । कनक रचित मनि भवन अपारा ॥
giri-trikūṭa eka sindhu mam̐jhārī | bidhi-nirmita durgama ati bhārī ||
soi maya dānavam̐ bahuri sam̐vārā | kanaka racita mani bhavana apārā ||
भोगावति जसि अहि-कुल बासा । अमरावति जसि सक्र-निवासा ॥
तिन्ह तेँ अधिक रम्य अति बङ्का । जग बिख्यात नाम तेहि लङ्का ॥
bhogāvati jasi ahi-kula bāsā | amarāvati jasi sakra-nivāsā ||
tinha tem̐ adhika ramya ati baṅkā | jaga bikhyāta nāma tehi laṅkā ||
खाईं सिन्धु गभीर अति, चारिहुँ दिसि फिरि आव ।
कनक-कोट मनि-खचित दृढ़, बरनि न जाइ बनाव ॥
khāīṃ sindhu gabhīra ati, cārihum̐ disi phiri āva |
kanaka-koṭa mani-khacita dṛr̤ha, barani na jāi banāva ||
हरि प्रेरित जेहिं कलप जोइ, जातुधान-पति होइ ।
सूर प्रतापी अतुल-बल, दल समेत बस सोइ ॥
hari prerita jehiṃ kalapa joi, jātudhāna-pati hoi |
sūra pratāpī atula-bala, dala sameta basa soi ||
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