रे कपिपोत बोलु सँभारी । गूढ़ न जानेहि मोहि सुरारी ॥
कहु निज नाम जनक कर भाई । केहि नातें मानिऐ मिताई ॥
re kapipota bolu sam̐bhārī | gūr̤ha na jānehi mohi surārī ||
kahu nija nāma janaka kara bhāī | kehi nāteṃ māniai mitāī ||
Lanka Kanda
Chapter 21: Angada names himself son of Bali
6 verses · 21 of 121
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Angada names himself son of Bali
Ravana snaps: mind your words, monkey; do you not know I am the foe of the gods? Name yourself and your father; by what bond do you claim friendship? Angada says: I am Angada, son of Bali; perhaps you met him once. Ravana is taken aback: yes, there was a monkey called Bali. So you are his boy, born a fire to burn your own line, calling yourself an ascetic's envoy. How is Bali? Angada laughs: go to him in ten days, embrace your friend and ask; he will tell you how well it goes for one who opposes Rama. The doha turns the taunt: even the blind and deaf would not talk so, and you have twenty eyes and ears.
अङ्गद नाम बालि कर बेटा । तासोँ कबहुँ भई ही भेटा ॥
अङ्गद बचन सुनत सकुचाना । रही बालि बानर मैं जाना ॥
aṅgada nāma bāli kara beṭā | tāsom̐ kabahum̐ bhaī hī bheṭā ||
aṅgada bacana sunata sakucānā | rahī bāli bānara maiṃ jānā ||
अङ्गद तहीँ बालि कर बालक । उपजेहु बंस अनल कुल-घालक ॥
गर्भ न गयउ व्यर्थ तुम्ह जायहु । निज-मुख तापस दूत कहायहु ॥
aṅgada tahīm̐ bāli kara bālaka | upajehu baṃsa anala kula-ghālaka ||
garbha na gayau vyartha tumha jāyahu | nija-mukha tāpasa dūta kahāyahu ||
अब कहु कुसल बालि कहँ अहई । बिहँसि बचन तब अङ्गद कहई ॥
दिन दस गये बालि पहिँ जाई । बूझेहु कुसल सखा उर लाई ॥
aba kahu kusala bāli kaham̐ ahaī | biham̐si bacana taba aṅgada kahaī ||
dina dasa gaye bāli pahim̐ jāī | būjhehu kusala sakhā ura lāī ||
राम-बिरोध कुसल जसि होई । सो सब तोहि सुनाइहि सोई ॥
सुनु सठ भेद होइ मन ताकें । श्रीरघुबीर हृदय नहिं जाकें ॥
rāma-birodha kusala jasi hoī | so saba tohi sunāihi soī ||
sunu saṭha bheda hoi mana tākeṃ | śrīraghubīra hṛdaya nahiṃ jākeṃ ||
हम कुल-पालक सत्य तुम्ह, कुल-पालक दससीस ।
अन्धउ बधिर न अस कहहिँ, नयन कान तब बीस ॥
hama kula-pālaka satya tumha, kula-pālaka dasasīsa |
andhau badhira na asa kahahim̐, nayana kāna taba bīsa ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0