Lanka Kanda

Chapter 117: Jewels rain from the Pushpaka on the monkeys

6 verses · 117 of 121

What happens in this chapter

Jewels rain from the Pushpaka on the monkeys

Hearing Rama's words, Vibhishana clasps the feet of the home of grace, and the monkeys rejoice. Vibhishana goes home, fills the Pushpaka vimana with jewels and garments, and sets it before the Lord. The ocean of mercy laughs: friend Vibhishana, rise into the sky in the vimana and rain the clothes and ornaments down. The monkeys take whatever they like; some put jewels in their mouths and spit them out again. Rama, with Sita and his brother, laughs at the sight. The same Lord whom munis cannot reach in meditation, whom the Vedas describe only as not this, not this, plays many games with the monkeys. Shiva tells Uma: yoga, japa, charity, tapas, yajnas, vows and rules do not move Rama's grace as pure love does.

117.1

सुनत बिभीषन बचन राम के । हरषि गहे पद कृपा धाम के ॥
बानर भालु सकल हरषाने । गहि प्रभु-पद गुन बिमल बखाने ॥

sunata bibhīṣana bacana rāma ke | haraṣi gahe pada kṛpā dhāma ke ||
bānara bhālu sakala haraṣāne | gahi prabhu-pada guna bimala bakhāne ||

117.2

बहुरि बिभीषन भवन सिधायो । मनि-गन-बसन बिमान भरायो ॥
लेइ पुष्पक प्रभु आगें राखा । हँसि करि कृपासिन्धु अरु भाषा ॥

bahuri bibhīṣana bhavana sidhāyo | mani-gana-basana bimāna bharāyo ||
lei puṣpaka prabhu āgeṃ rākhā | ham̐si kari kṛpāsindhu aru bhāṣā ||

117.3

चढ़ि बिमान सुनु सखा बिभीषन । गगन जाइ बरषहु पर भूषन ॥
नभ पर जाइ बिभीषन तबहीं । बरषि दिये मनि अम्बर सबहीं ॥

car̤hi bimāna sunu sakhā bibhīṣana | gagana jāi baraṣahu para bhūṣana ||
nabha para jāi bibhīṣana tabahīṃ | baraṣi diye mani ambara sabahīṃ ||

117.4

जोइ जोइ मन भावइ सोइ लेहीं । मनि मुख मेलि डारि कपि देहीं ॥
हँसे राम श्री-अनुज-समेता । परम कौतुकी कृपा निकेता ॥

joi joi mana bhāvai soi lehīṃ | mani mukha meli ḍāri kapi dehīṃ ||
ham̐se rāma śrī-anuja-sametā | parama kautukī kṛpā niketā ||

दो॰ 117 (क)Doha

मुनि जेहि ध्यान न पावहिँ, नेति नेति कह बेद ।
कृपासिन्धु सोइ कपिन्ह सन, करत अनेक बिनोद ॥

muni jehi dhyāna na pāvahim̐, neti neti kaha beda |
kṛpāsindhu soi kapinha sana, karata aneka binoda ||

दो॰ 117 (ख)Doha

उमा जोग जप दान तप, नाना मख ब्रत नेम ।
राम कृपा नहिँ करहिँ तसि, जसि निष्केवल प्रेम ॥

umā joga japa dāna tapa, nānā makha brata nema |
rāma kṛpā nahim̐ karahim̐ tasi, jasi niṣkevala prema ||

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