रहे तहाँ निसिचर भट भारे । ते सब सुरन्ह समर सङ्घारे ॥
अब तहँ रहहिँ सक्र के प्रेरे । रच्छक कोटि जच्छपति केरे ॥
rahe tahām̐ nisicara bhaṭa bhāre | te saba suranha samara saṅghāre ||
aba taham̐ rahahim̐ sakra ke prere | racchaka koṭi jacchapati kere ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 179: Ravana takes Lanka and lifts Kailasa
5 verses · 179 of 361
What happens in this chapter
Ravana takes Lanka and lifts Kailasa
Mighty rakshasa warriors once lived in Lanka, but the devas slew them all in battle. Now, at Indra's bidding, ten million guards of Kubera, lord of the yakshas, lived there. Ravana somehow got word of it, arrayed his army and besieged the fort. Seeing his fierce warriors and great host, the yakshas fled for their lives. Ravana went round the whole city and his worry left him, his joy great. Judging it lovely and naturally hard to reach, he made it his capital. He gave homes to each as fitted, and made all the rakshasas content. Once he attacked Kubera and won the Pushpaka chariot. Then, as a mere sport, he went and lifted Mount Kailasa, as if testing the strength of his arms, and went away greatly pleased.
दसमुख कतहुँ खबरि असि पाई । सेन साजि गढ़ घेरेसि जाई ॥
देखि बिकट भट बड़ि कटकाई । जच्छ जीव लेइ गयउ पराई ॥
dasamukha katahum̐ khabari asi pāī | sena sāji gar̤ha gheresi jāī ||
dekhi bikaṭa bhaṭa bar̤i kaṭakāī | jaccha jīva lei gayau parāī ||
फिरि सब नगर दसानन देखा । गयउ सोच सुख भयउ बिसेखा ॥
सुन्दर सहज अगम अनुमानी । कीन्ह तहाँ रावन रजधानी ॥
phiri saba nagara dasānana dekhā | gayau soca sukha bhayau bisekhā ||
sundara sahaja agama anumānī | kīnha tahām̐ rāvana rajadhānī ||
जेहि जस जोग बाँटि गृह दीन्हे । सुखी सकल रजनीचर कीन्हे ॥
एक बार कुबेर पर धावा । पुष्पक-जानि जीति लेइ आवा ॥
jehi jasa joga bām̐ṭi gṛha dīnhe | sukhī sakala rajanīcara kīnhe ||
eka bāra kubera para dhāvā | puṣpaka-jāni jīti lei āvā ||
कौतुकहीं कैलास पुनि, लीन्हेसि जाइ उठाइ ।
मनहुँ तौलि निज बाहुबल, चला बहुत सुख पाइ ॥
kautukahīṃ kailāsa puni, līnhesi jāi uṭhāi |
manahum̐ tauli nija bāhubala, calā bahuta sukha pāi ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0