तुरत निसाचर एक पठावा । समाचार रावनहि जनावा ॥
सुनत बिहँसि बोला दससीसा । आनहु बोलि कहाँ कर कीसा ॥
turata nisācara eka paṭhāvā | samācāra rāvanahi janāvā ||
sunata biham̐si bolā dasasīsā | ānahu boli kahām̐ kara kīsā ||
Lanka Kanda
Chapter 19: Angada stands in Ravana's court
5 verses · 19 of 121
What happens in this chapter
Angada stands in Ravana's court
A rakshasa hurries to tell Ravana. The ten-headed king laughs: bring in this monkey, whoever he is. Messengers run and lead the elephant among monkeys inside. Angada sees Ravana seated like a living mountain of soot: his arms like trees, his heads like peaks, the hair on his body like creepers, and mouth, nose, eyes and ears like the caves and hollows of a hill. Bali's bold son walks into the court without the least flinching. The courtiers rise at the sight of him, and Ravana's heart fills with fury. As a lion walks into a herd of maddened elephants, so Angada enters, and remembering Rama's glory he bows his head in his mind to the Lord and sits down in the court.
आयसु पाइ दूत बहु धाये । कपि-कुञ्जरहि बोलि लेइ आये ॥
अङ्गद दीख दसानन बैंसें । सहित प्रान कज्जल गिरि जैसा ॥
āyasu pāi dūta bahu dhāye | kapi-kuñjarahi boli lei āye ||
aṅgada dīkha dasānana baiṃseṃ | sahita prāna kajjala giri jaisā ||
भुजा बिटप सिर सृङ्ग समाना । रोमावली लता जनु नाना ॥
मुख नासिका नयन अरु काना । गिरि कंदरा खोह अनुमाना ॥
bhujā biṭapa sira sṛṅga samānā | romāvalī latā janu nānā ||
mukha nāsikā nayana aru kānā | giri kaṃdarā khoha anumānā ||
गयउ सभाँ मन नेकु न मुरा । बालि-तनय अति-अल-बाँकुरा ॥
उठे सभासद कपि कह देखी । रावन उर भा क्रोध बिसेखी ॥
gayau sabhām̐ mana neku na murā | bāli-tanaya ati-ala-bām̐kurā ||
uṭhe sabhāsada kapi kaha dekhī | rāvana ura bhā krodha bisekhī ||
जथा मत्त-गज-जूथ मह, पञ्चानन चलि जाइ ।
राम प्रताप सुमिरि मन, बैठ सभाँ सिर नाइ ॥
jathā matta-gaja-jūtha maha, pañcānana cali jāi |
rāma pratāpa sumiri mana, baiṭha sabhām̐ sira nāi ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0