काम-रूप जानहिँ सब माया । सपनेहुँ जिन्ह कें धरम न दाया ॥
दसमुख बैठ सभाँ एक बारा । देखि अमित आपन परिवारा ॥
kāma-rūpa jānahim̐ saba māyā | sapanehum̐ jinha keṃ dharama na dāyā ||
dasamukha baiṭha sabhām̐ eka bārā | dekhi amita āpana parivārā ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 181: Ravana orders the rakshasas to stop all worship
5 verses · 181 of 361
What happens in this chapter
Ravana orders the rakshasas to stop all worship
The rakshasas can take any form and know every kind of illusion; not even in a dream do they hold to dharma or feel pity. One day ten-headed Ravana sits in his court and looks over his countless kin: sons, grandsons, retainers, a whole race of night-walkers past counting. Seeing that army, his pride swells and he speaks in anger. The devas are our enemies, he says, yet they never stand and fight; they run when they see a strong foe. There is one way to kill them. Go and disrupt every feeding of Brahmanas, every yajna, homa and shraddha. Starved of their share and weakened, the devas will come to me of their own accord, and then I will kill them or keep them as my subjects.
सुत-समूह जन परिजन नाती । गे को पार निसाचर जाती ॥
सेन बिलोकि सहज अभिमानी । बोला बचन क्रोध-मद-सानी ॥
suta-samūha jana parijana nātī | ge ko pāra nisācara jātī ||
sena biloki sahaja abhimānī | bolā bacana krodha-mada-sānī ||
सुनहु सकल रजनीचर जूथा । हमरे बैरी बिबुध-बरूथा ॥
ते सनमुख नहिँ करहिँ लराई । देखि सबल-रिपु जाहिँ पराई ॥
sunahu sakala rajanīcara jūthā | hamare bairī bibudha-barūthā ||
te sanamukha nahim̐ karahim̐ larāī | dekhi sabala-ripu jāhim̐ parāī ||
तिन्ह कर मरन एक बिधि होई । कहउँ बुझाइ सुनहु अब सोई ॥
द्विज-भोजन मख होम सराधा । सब के जाइ करहु तुम्ह बाधा ॥
tinha kara marana eka bidhi hoī | kahaum̐ bujhāi sunahu aba soī ||
dvija-bhojana makha homa sarādhā | saba ke jāi karahu tumha bādhā ||
छुधा-छीन बल-हीन सुर, सहजेहिं मिलिहहिँ आइ ।
तब मारिहउँ कि छाड़िहउँ, भली भाँति अपनाइ ॥
chudhā-chīna bala-hīna sura, sahajehiṃ milihahim̐ āi |
taba mārihaum̐ ki chār̤ihaum̐, bhalī bhām̐ti apanāi ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0