यह मत जौँ मानहु प्रभु मोरा । उभय प्रकार सुजस जग तोरा ॥
सुत सन कह दसकंठ रिसाई । असि अति सठ केहिं तोहि सिखाई ॥
yaha mata jaum̐ mānahu prabhu morā | ubhaya prakāra sujasa jaga torā ||
suta sana kaha dasakaṃṭha risāī | asi ati saṭha kehiṃ tohi sikhāī ||
Lanka Kanda
Chapter 10: Ravana rebukes his son and revels
6 verses · 10 of 121
What happens in this chapter
Ravana rebukes his son and revels
If you accept this counsel, Prahasta says, your fame is safe either way. Ravana answers in anger: who taught you such folly, fool? Doubt in your heart already? You are a son born to ruin your own line. Stung by his father's sharp words, Prahasta answers harshly and goes home. Good advice does not suit Ravana, as medicine does not suit one whom death has seized. At evening the ten-headed king goes, gazing at his twenty arms, to a wonderful pavilion on a peak of Lanka. There kinnaras sing his praises, cymbals, drums and vinas sound, and skilled apsaras dance. He revels like a hundred Indras, and though a most mighty enemy stands over his head, he feels no fear at all.
अबहीं ते उर संसय होई । बेनु-मूल सुत भयहु घमोई ॥
सुनि पितु गिरा परुष अति घोरा । चला भवन कहि बचन कठोरा ॥
abahīṃ te ura saṃsaya hoī | benu-mūla suta bhayahu ghamoī ||
suni pitu girā paruṣa ati ghorā | calā bhavana kahi bacana kaṭhorā ||
हित मत तोहि न लागत कैसें । काल-बिबस कह भेषज जैसें ॥
सन्ध्या समय जानि दससीसा । भवन चलेउ निरखत भुज-बीसा ॥
hita mata tohi na lāgata kaiseṃ | kāla-bibasa kaha bheṣaja jaiseṃ ||
sandhyā samaya jāni dasasīsā | bhavana caleu nirakhata bhuja-bīsā ||
लङ्का सिखर उपर आगारा । अति-विचित्र तहँ होइ अखारा ॥
बैठ जाइ तेहि मन्दिर रावन । लागे किंनर गुन-गन-गावन ॥
laṅkā sikhara upara āgārā | ati-vicitra taham̐ hoi akhārā ||
baiṭha jāi tehi mandira rāvana | lāge kiṃnara guna-gana-gāvana ||
बाजहिँ ताल पखाउज बीना । नृत्य करहिँ अपछरा प्रबीना ॥
bājahim̐ tāla pakhāuja bīnā | nṛtya karahim̐ apacharā prabīnā ||
सुनासीर सत सरिस सो, सन्तत करइ बिलास ।
परम-प्रबल रिपु सीस पर, तद्यपि सोच न त्रास ॥
sunāsīra sata sarisa so, santata karai bilāsa |
parama-prabala ripu sīsa para, tadyapi soca na trāsa ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0