प्रात कहा मुनि सन रघुराई । निर्भय जज्ञ करहु तुम्ह जाई ॥
होम करन लागे मुनि झारी । आपु रहे मख कीं रखवारी ॥
prāta kahā muni sana raghurāī | nirbhaya jajña karahu tumha jāī ||
homa karana lāge muni jhārī | āpu rahe makha kīṃ rakhavārī ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 210: Maricha and Subahu, then Ahalya's ashrama
7 verses · 210 of 361
What happens in this chapter
Maricha and Subahu, then Ahalya's ashrama
At dawn Rama tells the muni to perform his yajna without fear and stands guard. Maricha rushes in with his helpers; Rama strikes him with a headless arrow that hurls him a hundred yojanas across the sea, burns Subahu with a fire-arrow, and Lakshmana destroys the rakshasa army. Devas and munis sing His praise. After some days the muni tells Him of the bow-yajna, and Rama gladly goes along. On the way they find an ashrama empty of all life, with a stone in it. Asked, the rishi tells the katha: Gautama's wife, cursed into stone, waits patiently for the dust of His feet.
सुनि मारीच निसाचर क्रोही । लेइ सहाय धावा मुनि-द्रोही ॥
बिनु फर बान राम तेहि मारा । सत जोजन गा सागर पारा ॥
suni mārīca nisācara krohī | lei sahāya dhāvā muni-drohī ||
binu phara bāna rāma tehi mārā | sata jojana gā sāgara pārā ||
पावक-सर सुबाहु पुनि जारा । अनुज निसाचर कटक सँघारा ॥
मारि असुर द्विज-निर्भय-कारी । अस्तुति करहिँ देव-मुनि-झारी ॥
pāvaka-sara subāhu puni jārā | anuja nisācara kaṭaka sam̐ghārā ||
māri asura dvija-nirbhaya-kārī | astuti karahim̐ deva-muni-jhārī ||
तहँ पुनि कछुक दिवस रघुराया । रहे कीन्हि बिप्रन्ह पर दाया ॥
भगति हेतु बहु कथा पुराना । कहे बिप्र जद्यपि प्रभु जाना ॥
taham̐ puni kachuka divasa raghurāyā | rahe kīnhi bipranha para dāyā ||
bhagati hetu bahu kathā purānā | kahe bipra jadyapi prabhu jānā ||
तब मुनि सादर कहा बुझाई । चरित एक प्रभु देखिय जाई ॥
धनुष-जज्ञ सुनि रघुकुल नाथा । हरषि चले मुनिबर के साथा ॥
taba muni sādara kahā bujhāī | carita eka prabhu dekhiya jāī ||
dhanuṣa-jajña suni raghukula nāthā | haraṣi cale munibara ke sāthā ||
आस्त्रम एक दीख मग माहीँ । खग मृग जीव जन्तु तहँ नाहीँ ॥
पूछा मुनिहि सिला प्रभु देखी । सकल कथा रिषि कही बिसेखी ॥
āstrama eka dīkha maga māhīm̐ | khaga mṛga jīva jantu taham̐ nāhīm̐ ||
pūchā munihi silā prabhu dekhī | sakala kathā riṣi kahī bisekhī ||
गौतम-नारि साप बस, उपल देह धरि धीर ।
चरन-कमल-रज चाहति, कृपा करहु रघुबीर ॥
gautama-nāri sāpa basa, upala deha dhari dhīra |
carana-kamala-raja cāhati, kṛpā karahu raghubīra ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0