निपटहिं द्विज करि जानहि मोही । मैं जस बिप्र सुनावउँ तोही ॥
चाप-स्त्रुवा सर-आहुति जानू । कोप मोर अति घोर-कृसानु ॥
nipaṭahiṃ dvija kari jānahi mohī | maiṃ jasa bipra sunāvaum̐ tohī ||
cāpa-struvā sara-āhuti jānū | kopa mora ati ghora-kṛsānu ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 283: The sacrifice of war, Shri Rama's reply
5 verses · 283 of 361
What happens in this chapter
The sacrifice of war, Shri Rama's reply
Parashurama says: you take me for a plain Brahmin; hear what kind of Brahmin I am. My bow is the ladle, my arrows the oblations, my wrath the fierce fire. Armies were the fuel and great kings the victims, offered with this axe in crores of war sacrifices. Breaking a bow has swollen your pride, as if you had conquered the world. Shri Rama answers: your anger is great, my fault small. The old Pinaka broke at a touch; why should I be proud of it? If we slight you as a Brahmin, then who is the warrior before whom we would bow in fear?
समिधि सेन चतुरङ्ग सुहाई । महा-महीप भये पसु आई ॥
मैं एहि परसु काटि बलि दीन्हे । समर-जज्ञ जग कोटिन्ह कीन्हे ॥
samidhi sena caturaṅga suhāī | mahā-mahīpa bhaye pasu āī ||
maiṃ ehi parasu kāṭi bali dīnhe | samara-jajña jaga koṭinha kīnhe ||
मोर प्रभाव विदित नहिँ तोरें । बोलसि निदरि बिप्र के भोरें ॥
भञ्जेउ चाप दाप बड़ बाढ़ा । अहमिति मनहुँ जीति जग ठाढ़ा ॥
mora prabhāva vidita nahim̐ toreṃ | bolasi nidari bipra ke bhoreṃ ||
bhañjeu cāpa dāpa bar̤a bār̤hā | ahamiti manahum̐ jīti jaga ṭhār̤hā ||
राम कहा मुनि कहहु बिचारी । रिस अति बडि लघु चूक हमारी ॥
छुअतहिं टूट पिनाक पुराना । मैं कहि हेतु करउँ अभिमाना ॥
rāma kahā muni kahahu bicārī | risa ati baḍi laghu cūka hamārī ||
chuatahiṃ ṭūṭa pināka purānā | maiṃ kahi hetu karaum̐ abhimānā ||
जौँ हम निदरहिं विप्र बदि, सत्य सुनहु भृगुनाथ ।
तौ अस को, जग सुभट जेहि, भय-बस नावहिं माथ ॥
jaum̐ hama nidarahiṃ vipra badi, satya sunahu bhṛgunātha |
tau asa ko, jaga subhaṭa jehi, bhaya-basa nāvahiṃ mātha ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0