रघुबंसिन्ह महँ जहँ कोउ होई । तेहिं समाज अस कहइ न कोई ॥
कही जनक जसि अनुचित बानी । बिद्यमान रघुकुल-मनि जानी ॥
raghubaṃsinha maham̐ jaham̐ kou hoī | tehiṃ samāja asa kahai na koī ||
kahī janaka jasi anucita bānī | bidyamāna raghukula-mani jānī ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 253: Lakshmana's vow before Shri Rama
5 verses · 253 of 361
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Lakshmana's vow before Shri Rama
Lakshmana says: where any of the Raghus is present, no one speaks in an assembly the way Janaka has, knowing that the jewel of the Raghu line is here. Hear me, sun of the lotus of the Solar race; I say this without pride. If I have your command I will lift the universe like a ball, smash it like an unbaked pot, and snap Mount Meru like a radish. Before your glory and greatness, Bhagwan, what is this poor old Pinaka? By your power, Lord, I would break it like a mushroom stalk. If I do not, I swear by your feet, I will never again take bow and quiver in hand.
सुनहु भानुकुल-पङ्कज भानू । कहउँ सुभाउ न कछु अभिमानू ॥
जौँ तुम्हार अनुसासन पावउँ । कन्दुक इव ब्रह्मांड उठावौं ॥
sunahu bhānukula-paṅkaja bhānū | kahaum̐ subhāu na kachu abhimānū ||
jaum̐ tumhāra anusāsana pāvaum̐ | kanduka iva brahmāṃḍa uṭhāvauṃ ||
काचे घट जिमि डारौं फोरी । सकउँ मेरु मूलक इव तोरी ॥
तव प्रताप महिमा भगवाना । को बापुरो पिनाक पुराना ॥
kāce ghaṭa jimi ḍārauṃ phorī | sakaum̐ meru mūlaka iva torī ||
tava pratāpa mahimā bhagavānā | ko bāpuro pināka purānā ||
नाथ जानि अस आयसु होऊ । कौतुकु करौँ बिलोकिअ सोऊ ॥
कमल नाल जिमि चाफ चढ़ावौं । जोजन सत प्रमान लै धावौं ॥
nātha jāni asa āyasu hoū | kautuku karaum̐ bilokia soū ||
kamala nāla jimi cāpha car̤hāvauṃ | jojana sata pramāna lai dhāvauṃ ||
तोरौं छत्रक दंड जिमि, तव प्रताप बल नाथ ।
जौँ न करौँ प्रभु-पद सपथ, कर न धरउँ धनु भाथ ॥
torauṃ chatraka daṃḍa jimi, tava pratāpa bala nātha |
jaum̐ na karaum̐ prabhu-pada sapatha, kara na dharaum̐ dhanu bhātha ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0