अरुन नयन उर बाहु बिसाला । नील जलद तनु स्याम तमाला ॥
कटि पट पीत कसें बर भाथा । रुचिर चाप सायक दुहुँ हाथा ॥
aruna nayana ura bāhu bisālā | nīla jalada tanu syāma tamālā ||
kaṭi paṭa pīta kaseṃ bara bhāthā | rucira cāpa sāyaka duhum̐ hāthā ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 209: Tataka slain and the gift of vidya
5 verses · 209 of 361
What happens in this chapter
Tataka slain and the gift of vidya
Rama walks with long arms and a body dark as a rain-cloud, yellow cloth at His waist, bow and arrows in hand. With the two brothers, Vishvamitra feels he has found a great treasure: the Lord has left His father for my sake. On the way the muni points out Tataka, who rushes at them in fury. With a single arrow Rama takes her life, and knowing her wretched state gives her His own abode. Recognising his Lord, the rishi gives Him the vidya that keeps away hunger and thirst and grants matchless strength, hands over all his weapons, and serves Him roots and fruits in his ashrama.
स्याम गौर सुन्दर दोउ भाई । बिस्वामित्र महानिधि पाई ॥
प्रभु ब्रह्मन्य-देव मैँ जाना । मोहि हित पिता तजेउ भगवाना ॥
syāma gaura sundara dou bhāī | bisvāmitra mahānidhi pāī ||
prabhu brahmanya-deva maim̐ jānā | mohi hita pitā tajeu bhagavānā ||
चले जात मुनि दीन्हि दिखाई । सुनि ताड़का क्रोध करि धाई ॥
एकहिं बान प्रान हरि लीन्हा । दीन जानि तेहि निज-पद दीन्हा ॥
cale jāta muni dīnhi dikhāī | suni tār̤akā krodha kari dhāī ||
ekahiṃ bāna prāna hari līnhā | dīna jāni tehi nija-pada dīnhā ||
तब रिषि निज नाथहि जियँ चीन्ही । बिद्यानिधि कहँ बिद्या दीन्ही ॥
जा तेँ लाग न छुधा पिपासा । अतुलित-बल तनु तेज प्रकासा ॥
taba riṣi nija nāthahi jiyam̐ cīnhī | bidyānidhi kaham̐ bidyā dīnhī ||
jā tem̐ lāga na chudhā pipāsā | atulita-bala tanu teja prakāsā ||
आयुध सर्ब समर्पि कै, प्रभु निज आस्त्रम आनि ।
कन्द मूल फल भोजन, दीन्ह भगति हित जानि ॥
āyudha sarba samarpi kai, prabhu nija āstrama āni |
kanda mūla phala bhojana, dīnha bhagati hita jāni ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0