5 verses · 24 of 30
Wherever the monkeys meet a rakshasa they take his life with a single slap. If they meet a sage they crowd round him. Then a terrible thirst seizes them; no water is to be found and they lose their way in the dense forest. Hanuman realises they will all die without water. He climbs a peak and looks in every direction, and sees a strange thing: a cave in the earth, with chakravakas, herons and swans flying about and many birds going into it. With Hanuman leading, they all enter. Inside they find a fine garden, a lake full of open lotuses, and a lovely temple where a woman sits, radiant with tapas.
कतहुँ होइ निसिचर साँ भेटा । प्रान लेहिँ एक एक चपेटा ॥
बहु प्रकार गिरि कानन हेरहिं । कोउ मुनि मिलत ताहि सब घेरहिं ॥
katahum̐ hoi nisicara sām̐ bheṭā | prāna lehim̐ eka eka capeṭā ||
bahu prakāra giri kānana herahiṃ | kou muni milata tāhi saba gherahiṃ ||
लागि तृषा अतिसय अकुलाने । मिलइ न जल घन गहन भुलाने ॥
मन हनुमान कीन्ह अनुमाना । मरन चहत सब बिनु-जल-पाना ॥
lāgi tṛṣā atisaya akulāne | milai na jala ghana gahana bhulāne ||
mana hanumāna kīnha anumānā | marana cahata saba binu-jala-pānā ||
चढ़ि गिरि सिखर चहूँ दिसि देखा । भूमि बिबिर एक कौतुक पेखा ॥
चक्रवाक बक हंस उड़ाहीं । बहुतक खग प्रबिसहिँ तेहि माहीं ॥
car̤hi giri sikhara cahūm̐ disi dekhā | bhūmi bibira eka kautuka pekhā ||
cakravāka baka haṃsa ur̤āhīṃ | bahutaka khaga prabisahim̐ tehi māhīṃ ||
गिरि ते उतरि पवन-सुत आवा । सब कह लेइ सोइ बिबर देखावा ॥
आगें करि हनुमन्तहि लीन्हा । पैठे बिबर बिलम्ब न कीन्हा ॥
giri te utari pavana-suta āvā | saba kaha lei soi bibara dekhāvā ||
āgeṃ kari hanumantahi līnhā | paiṭhe bibara bilamba na kīnhā ||
दीख जाइ उपबन बर, सर बिगसित बहु कञ्ज ।
मन्दिर एक रुचिर तहँ, बैठि नारि तप-पुञ्ज ॥
dīkha jāi upabana bara, sara bigasita bahu kañja |
mandira eka rucira taham̐, baiṭhi nāri tapa-puñja ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0
