कौसिक सुनहु मन्द यह बालक । कुटिल काल बस निज कुल घालक ॥
भानु-बंस-राकेस कलङ्कू । निपट निरङ्कुस अबुध असंकू ॥
kausika sunahu manda yaha bālaka | kuṭila kāla basa nija kula ghālaka ||
bhānu-baṃsa-rākesa kalaṅkū | nipaṭa niraṅkusa abudha asaṃkū ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 274: Parashurama warns Vishvamitra about the boy
5 verses · 274 of 361
What happens in this chapter
Parashurama warns Vishvamitra about the boy
Parashurama turns to Vishvamitra. Kaushika, listen: this boy is foolish and crooked, driven by death to ruin his own family, a stain on the moon of the Solar line, wholly unchecked, ignorant and fearless. In a moment he will be a mouthful for death. I proclaim it now so the fault is not mine; if you wish to save him, stop him by telling him of my glory, strength and wrath. Lakshmana answers that while the muni himself is present, who else could describe his fame? He has already told of his own deeds many times and in many ways. Then comes the sting: the brave show their worth in battle and do not announce it; it is the coward who, finding an enemy before him, chatters about himself.
काल-कवलु होइहि छन माहीं । कहउँ पुकारि खोरि मोहि नाहीं ॥
तुम्ह हटकउ जौं चहहु उबारा । कहि प्रताप बल रोष हमारा ॥
kāla-kavalu hoihi chana māhīṃ | kahaum̐ pukāri khori mohi nāhīṃ ||
tumha haṭakau jauṃ cahahu ubārā | kahi pratāpa bala roṣa hamārā ||
लखन कहेउ मुनि सुजस तुम्हारा । तुम्हहिँ अछत को बरनइ पारा ॥
अपने मुँह तुम्ह आपनि करनी । बार अनेक भाँति बहु बरनी ॥
lakhana kaheu muni sujasa tumhārā | tumhahim̐ achata ko baranai pārā ||
apane mum̐ha tumha āpani karanī | bāra aneka bhām̐ti bahu baranī ||
नहिँ संतोषु त पुनि कछु कहहू । जनि रिस रोकि दुसह दुख सहहू ॥
बीरब्रती तुम्ह धीर अछोभा । गारी देत न पावहु सोभा ॥
nahim̐ saṃtoṣu ta puni kachu kahahū | jani risa roki dusaha dukha sahahū ||
bīrabratī tumha dhīra achobhā | gārī deta na pāvahu sobhā ||
सूर समर करनी करहिँ, कहि न जनावहिँ आप ।
बिद्यमान रन पाइ रिपु, कायर करहिं प्रतापु ॥
sūra samara karanī karahim̐, kahi na janāvahim̐ āpa |
bidyamāna rana pāi ripu, kāyara karahiṃ pratāpu ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0