लखन कहा हँसि हमरें जाना । सुनहु देव सब धनुष समाना ॥
का छति लाभ जून धनु तारे । देखा राम नयन के भोरें ॥
lakhana kahā ham̐si hamareṃ jānā | sunahu deva saba dhanuṣa samānā ||
kā chati lābha jūna dhanu tāre | dekhā rāma nayana ke bhoreṃ ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 272: Parashurama boasts of his axe
5 verses · 272 of 361
What happens in this chapter
Parashurama boasts of his axe
Lakshmana laughs: to us all bows are alike, and what is lost in breaking an old one? Shri Rama took it for new and it snapped at a touch, so he is blameless; why rage without cause? Parashurama looks at his axe and thunders. Fool, you do not know my nature. I spare you only as a boy, and you take me for a mere muni. I am a lifelong brahmachari, quick to wrath, the known foe of the Kshatriyas. Many times I emptied the earth of kings and gave it to the Brahmins. See the axe that cut off Sahasrabahu's arms. Do not bring grief to your parents, prince; this axe destroys even the unborn in the womb.
छुअत टूट रघुपतिहु न दोषू । मुनि बिनु काज करिय कत रोसू ॥
बोले चितइ परस की ओरा । रे सठ सुनेहि सुभाउ न मोरा ॥
chuata ṭūṭa raghupatihu na doṣū | muni binu kāja kariya kata rosū ||
bole citai parasa kī orā | re saṭha sunehi subhāu na morā ||
बालक बोलि बधउँ नहिँ तोही । केवल मुनि जड़ जानहि मोही ॥
बाल-ब्रह्मचारी अति कोही । बिस्व-विदित छत्रिय-कुल-द्रोही ॥
bālaka boli badhaum̐ nahim̐ tohī | kevala muni jar̤a jānahi mohī ||
bāla-brahmacārī ati kohī | bisva-vidita chatriya-kula-drohī ||
भुज-बल भूमि भूप बिनु कीन्ही । बिपुल बार महिदेवन्ह दीन्ही ॥
सहसबाहु-भुज छेदनिहारा । परसु बिलाकु महीप-कुमारा ॥
bhuja-bala bhūmi bhūpa binu kīnhī | bipula bāra mahidevanha dīnhī ||
sahasabāhu-bhuja chedanihārā | parasu bilāku mahīpa-kumārā ||
मातु-पितहि जनि सोच बस, करसि महीप-किसोर ।
गर्भन्ह के अर्भक दलन, परसु मोर अति घोर ॥
mātu-pitahi jani soca basa, karasi mahīpa-kisora |
garbhanha ke arbhaka dalana, parasu mora ati ghora ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0