नाथ सम्भु-धनु भञ्जनिहारा । होइहि कोउ एक दास तुम्हारा ॥
आयसु काह कहिय किन मोही । सुनि रिसाइ बोले मुनि कोही ॥
nātha sambhu-dhanu bhañjanihārā | hoihi kou eka dāsa tumhārā ||
āyasu kāha kahiya kina mohī | suni risāi bole muni kohī ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 271: Shri Rama's humble answer, Lakshmana's first jest
5 verses · 271 of 361
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Shri Rama's humble answer, Lakshmana's first jest
Shri Rama answers Parashurama gently: the one who broke Shambhu's bow can only be some servant of yours, so tell me your command. The angry sage retorts that a servant serves, while one who acts like an enemy must be fought. Whoever broke Shiva's bow is his foe, like Sahasrabahu, and must step out from the gathering, or every king here will die. Lakshmana smiles and needles him: we broke many little bows as boys and you never grew angry, so why such attachment to this one? Parashurama flares up. You child of a king, he says, you are in the grip of death and do not guard your tongue; is Tripurari's bow, famed through the worlds, like a toy bow?
सेवक सो जो करै सेवकाई । अरि करनी करि करिय लराई ॥
सुनहु राम जेहिं सिव-धनु तोरा । सहसबाहु सम से रिपु मोरा ॥
sevaka so jo karai sevakāī | ari karanī kari kariya larāī ||
sunahu rāma jehiṃ siva-dhanu torā | sahasabāhu sama se ripu morā ||
सो बिलगाउ बिहाइ समाजा । न त मारे जैहहिं सब राजा ॥
सुनि मुनि बचन लखन मुसुकाने । बोले परसुधरहि अपमाने ॥
so bilagāu bihāi samājā | na ta māre jaihahiṃ saba rājā ||
suni muni bacana lakhana musukāne | bole parasudharahi apamāne ||
बहु धनुहीं तोरीं लरिकाईं । कबहुँ न असि रिस कीन्हि गोसाईं ॥
एहि धनु पर ममता केहि हेतू । सुनि रिसाइ कह भृगुकुल केतू ॥
bahu dhanuhīṃ torīṃ larikāīṃ | kabahum̐ na asi risa kīnhi gosāīṃ ||
ehi dhanu para mamatā kehi hetū | suni risāi kaha bhṛgukula ketū ||
रे नृप-बालक काल-बस, बोलत तोहि न सँमार ।
धनुहीं सम तिपुरारि-धनु, विदित सकल संसार ॥
re nṛpa-bālaka kāla-basa, bolata tohi na sam̐māra |
dhanuhīṃ sama tipurāri-dhanu, vidita sakala saṃsāra ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0