देखु बिभीषन दच्छिन आसा । घन घंमड दामिनी बिलासा ॥
मधुर मधुर गरजइ घन घोरा । होइ बृष्टि जनि उपल कठोरा ॥
dekhu bibhīṣana dacchina āsā | ghana ghaṃmaḍa dāminī bilāsā ||
madhura madhura garajai ghana ghorā | hoi bṛṣṭi jani upala kaṭhorā ||
Lanka Kanda
Chapter 13: One arrow fells Ravana's crowns
6 verses · 13 of 121
What happens in this chapter
One arrow fells Ravana's crowns
Look south, Vibhishana, says Shri Rama: clouds gather there with lightning flashing and thunder rumbling sweetly. Vibhishana answers that it is neither lightning nor a bank of clouds. On a peak of Lanka stands a palace where the ten-headed one watches a dance. His great black canopy looks like a dark cloud, Mandodari's earrings flash like lightning, and the sound is the music of cymbals and drums. The Lord smiles, understanding the pride behind it, strings his bow and fits one arrow. With that single shaft he strikes down the canopy, the crowns and the earrings, and they fall to the ground before everyone's eyes, yet no one learns the secret. The arrow returns to the quiver. Ravana's court is filled with dread, its great revel broken.
कहइ बिभीषन सुनहु कृपाला । होइ न तड़ित न होइ न बारिद-माला ॥
लंका सिखर उपर आगारा । तहँ दसकंघर देख अखारा ॥
kahai bibhīṣana sunahu kṛpālā | hoi na tar̤ita na hoi na bārida-mālā ||
laṃkā sikhara upara āgārā | taham̐ dasakaṃghara dekha akhārā ||
छत्र मेघडंबर सिर धारी । लाइ जनु जलद घटा अति कारी ॥
मन्दोदरी सबन ताटङ्का । सोइ प्रभु जनु दामिनी दमङ्का ॥
chatra meghaḍaṃbara sira dhārī | lāi janu jalada ghaṭā ati kārī ||
mandodarī sabana tāṭaṅkā | soi prabhu janu dāminī damaṅkā ||
बाजहिँ ताल मृदङ्ग अनूपा । सोइ रव मधुर सुनहु सुर-भूपा ॥
प्रभु मुसुकान समुझि अभिमाना । चाप चढाइ बान सन्धाना ॥
bājahim̐ tāla mṛdaṅga anūpā | soi rava madhura sunahu sura-bhūpā ||
prabhu musukāna samujhi abhimānā | cāpa caḍhāi bāna sandhānā ||
छत्र मुकुट ताटङ्क तन, हते एकहीं बान ।
सब के देखत सहि परे, मरमु न कोऊ जान ॥
chatra mukuṭa tāṭaṅka tana, hate ekahīṃ bāna |
saba ke dekhata sahi pare, maramu na koū jāna ||
अस कौतुक करि राम-सर, प्रबिसेउ आइ निषङ्ग ।
रावन सभा ससङ्क सब, देखि महा-रसभंग ॥
asa kautuka kari rāma-sara, prabiseu āi niṣaṅga |
rāvana sabhā sasaṅka saba, dekhi mahā-rasabhaṃga ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0