सखि सब कौतुक देखनिहारे । जेठ कहावत हितू हमारे ॥
कोउ न बुझाइ कहइ नृप पाहीँ । ये बालक अस हठ भल नाहीं ॥
sakhi saba kautuka dekhanihāre | jeṭha kahāvata hitū hamāre ||
kou na bujhāi kahai nṛpa pāhīm̐ | ye bālaka asa haṭha bhala nāhīṃ ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 256: The queen's doubt and a friend's reassurance
5 verses · 256 of 361
What happens in this chapter
The queen's doubt and a friend's reassurance
Sita's mother says: friends, even those who call themselves our well-wishers are only watching. No one tells the king these are boys and such stubbornness is wrong. Ravana and Bana did not touch the bow, and the kings failed for all their boasts; now he hands it to a young prince. Can a cygnet lift Mount Mandara? A clever friend answers gently: Queen, never count the radiant as small. Agastya, born from a pot, drank the boundless ocean dry. The sun's disc looks small, yet darkness flees the three worlds when it rises. A tiny mantra holds Brahma, Hari and Hara, and a small goad rules a maddened elephant.
रावन बान छुआ नहिँ चापा । हारे सकल भूप करि दापा ॥
सो धनु राजकुअँर कर देहीँ । बाल मराल कि मन्दर लेहीँ ॥
rāvana bāna chuā nahim̐ cāpā | hāre sakala bhūpa kari dāpā ||
so dhanu rājakuam̐ra kara dehīm̐ | bāla marāla ki mandara lehīm̐ ||
भूप सयानप सकल सिरानी । सखि बिधि गति कछु जाति न जानी ॥
बोली चतुर सखी मृदु बानी । तेजवन्त लघु गनिय न रानी ॥
bhūpa sayānapa sakala sirānī | sakhi bidhi gati kachu jāti na jānī ||
bolī catura sakhī mṛdu bānī | tejavanta laghu ganiya na rānī ||
कहँ कुम्भज कहँ सिन्धु अपारा । सोखेउ सुजस सकल संसारा ॥
रबि मंडल देखत लघु लागा । उदयँ तासु तिभुवन तम भागा ॥
kaham̐ kumbhaja kaham̐ sindhu apārā | sokheu sujasa sakala saṃsārā ||
rabi maṃḍala dekhata laghu lāgā | udayam̐ tāsu tibhuvana tama bhāgā ||
मन्त्र परम-लघु जासु बस, बिधि हरि हर सुर सर्ब ।
महा मत्त गजराज कहँ, बस कर अङ्कुस खर्ब ॥
mantra parama-laghu jāsu basa, bidhi hari hara sura sarba |
mahā matta gajarāja kaham̐, basa kara aṅkusa kharba ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0