बिहँसि लखन बोले मृदुबानी । अहो मुनीस महा अट मानी ॥
पुनि पुनि मोहि देखाव कुठारू । चहत उड़ावन फूँकि पहारू ॥
biham̐si lakhana bole mṛdubānī | aho munīsa mahā aṭa mānī ||
puni puni mohi dekhāva kuṭhārū | cahata ur̤āvana phūm̐ki pahārū ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 273: Lakshmana: our line never strikes a Brahmin
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Lakshmana: our line never strikes a Brahmin
Lakshmana answers softly, smiling. O great muni, what a proud warrior you are, showing me your axe again and again as if a puff could blow away a mountain. There is no pumpkin bud here that withers when a finger points at it. Seeing your weapons I spoke with some pride; knowing you of Bhrigu's line and seeing your sacred thread, I will bear what you say. Our family shows no valour against Devas, Brahmins, devotees of Hari or cows: killing them is sin, losing to them is disgrace. Your words alone are a crore of thunderbolts, so why carry bow and axe? Forgive anything improper. Parashurama replies in a deep, angry voice.
इहाँ कुम्हड़-बतिया कोउ नाहीं । जे तरजनी देखि मरि जाहीं ॥
देखि कुठार सरासन बाना । मैं कछु कहा सहित अभिमाना ॥
ihām̐ kumhar̤a-batiyā kou nāhīṃ | je tarajanī dekhi mari jāhīṃ ||
dekhi kuṭhāra sarāsana bānā | maiṃ kachu kahā sahita abhimānā ||
भृगुकुल समुझि जनेउ बिलोकी । जो कछु कहहु सहउँ रिस रोकी ॥
सुर महिसुर हरिजन अरु गाई । हमरें कुल इन्ह पर न सुराई ॥
bhṛgukula samujhi janeu bilokī | jo kachu kahahu sahaum̐ risa rokī ||
sura mahisura harijana aru gāī | hamareṃ kula inha para na surāī ||
बधें पाप अपकीरति हारें । मारतहूँ पाँ परिअ तुम्हारें ॥
कोटि कुलिस सम बचन तुम्हारा । व्यर्थ धरहु धनु बान कुठारा ॥
badheṃ pāpa apakīrati hāreṃ | māratahūm̐ pām̐ paria tumhāreṃ ||
koṭi kulisa sama bacana tumhārā | vyartha dharahu dhanu bāna kuṭhārā ||
जो बिलोकि अनुचित कहेउँ, छमहु महा मुनि धीर ।
सुनि सरोष भृगुबंसमनि, बोले गिरा गभीर ॥
jo biloki anucita kaheum̐, chamahu mahā muni dhīra |
suni saroṣa bhṛgubaṃsamani, bole girā gabhīra ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0