सुनि अङ्गद सकोप कह बानी । बोलु सँभारि अधम अभिमानी ॥
सहसबाहु-भुज-गहन अपारा । दहन अनल-सम जासु कुठारा ॥
suni aṅgada sakopa kaha bānī | bolu sam̐bhāri adhama abhimānī ||
sahasabāhu-bhuja-gahana apārā | dahana anala-sama jāsu kuṭhārā ||
Lanka Kanda
Chapter 26: Angada: is Rama a mere man
5 verses · 26 of 121
What happens in this chapter
Angada: is Rama a mere man
Angada answers in anger: speak with care, base and proud one. He whose axe was a fire in the vast forest of Sahasrabahu's arms, in whose axe-stream countless kings drowned, Parashurama himself, fled at the sight of Rama with his pride broken. How is he a man, wretched Ravana? Is Rama a man, is Kamadeva a mere archer, is the Ganga a mere river? Is Kamadhenu a beast, the wish-tree a tree, food-giving a mere gift, nectar a mere drink, Garuda a bird, Sheshnag a snake, the chintamani a stone? Is Vaikuntha a world, and unbroken devotion to Raghupati a common gain? Then he taunts: when Hanuman crushed your army, wrecked your grove, burned your city and killed your son, was he only a monkey?
जासु परसु सागर-खर-धारा । बूड़े नृप अगनित बहु धारा ॥
तासु गर्ब जेहि देखत भागा । सो नर क्यों दससीस अभागा ॥
jāsu parasu sāgara-khara-dhārā | būr̤e nṛpa aganita bahu dhārā ||
tāsu garba jehi dekhata bhāgā | so nara kyoṃ dasasīsa abhāgā ||
राम मनुज कस रे सठ बङ्गा । धन्वी-काम नदी पुनि गङ्गा ॥
पसु-सुरधेनु कल्पतरु-रूखा । अन्नदान अरु अन्नदान अरु रस-पीयूखा ॥
rāma manuja kasa re saṭha baṅgā | dhanvī-kāma nadī puni gaṅgā ||
pasu-suradhenu kalpataru-rūkhā | annadāna aru annadāna aru rasa-pīyūkhā ||
बैनतेय-खग अहि-सहसानन । चिन्तामनि पुनि उपल दसानन ॥
सुनु मतिमन्द लोक-बैकुंठा । लाभ कि रघुपति-भगति-अकुंठा ॥
bainateya-khaga ahi-sahasānana | cintāmani puni upala dasānana ||
sunu matimanda loka-baikuṃṭhā | lābha ki raghupati-bhagati-akuṃṭhā ||
सेन सहित तब मान मथि, बन-उजारि पुर जारि ।
कस रे सठ हनुमान कपि, गयउ जो तब सुत मारि ॥
sena sahita taba māna mathi, bana-ujāri pura jāri |
kasa re saṭha hanumāna kapi, gayau jo taba suta māri ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0