सुनु रावन परिहरि चतुराई । भजसि न कृपासिन्धु रघुराई ॥
जौं खल भएसि राम कर द्रोही । ब्रह्म रुद्र सक राखि न तोही ॥
sunu rāvana parihari caturāī | bhajasi na kṛpāsindhu raghurāī ||
jauṃ khala bhaesi rāma kara drohī | brahma rudra saka rākhi na tohī ||
Lanka Kanda
Chapter 27: Angada foretells Ravana's heads as balls
5 verses · 27 of 121
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Angada foretells Ravana's heads as balls
Angada says: leave your cleverness, Ravana, and worship Raghurai, the ocean of mercy. As Rama's foe, neither Brahma nor Rudra can protect you. Do not puff your cheeks, fool. In the war your heads, struck by Rama's arrows, will fall before the monkeys, and the bears and monkeys will play polo with them. When Raghunayak's dreadful arrows fly, will your bragging go on? Think, and worship generous Rama. Ravana blazes up like a fire fed with ghee. He says: Kumbhakarna is my brother, my son is famed as Indra's conqueror; have you not heard my valour? I have conquered all that moves and stands.
मूढ़ वृथा जनि मारसि गाला । राम-बयर अस होइहि हाला ॥
तव सिर-निकर कपिन्ह के आगें । परिहहिँ धरनि राम-सर-लागें ॥
mūr̤ha vṛthā jani mārasi gālā | rāma-bayara asa hoihi hālā ||
tava sira-nikara kapinha ke āgeṃ | parihahim̐ dharani rāma-sara-lāgeṃ ||
ते तब सिर कन्दुक इक नाना । खेलहहिं भालु कीस चौगाना ॥
जबहिँ समर कोपहि रघुनायक । छुटिहहिँ अति कराल बहु सायक ॥
te taba sira kanduka ika nānā | khelahahiṃ bhālu kīsa caugānā ||
jabahim̐ samara kopahi raghunāyaka | chuṭihahim̐ ati karāla bahu sāyaka ||
तब कि चलिहि अस गाल तुम्हारा । अस बिचारि भजु राम उदारा ॥
सुनत बचन रावन परजरा । जरत महानल जनु धुन परा ॥
taba ki calihi asa gāla tumhārā | asa bicāri bhaju rāma udārā ||
sunata bacana rāvana parajarā | jarata mahānala janu dhuna parā ||
कुम्भकरन अस बन्धु मम, सुत प्रसिद्ध सक्रारि ।
भार पराक्रम नहिँ सुनेहि, जितेउँ चराचर झारि ॥
kumbhakarana asa bandhu mama, suta prasiddha sakrāri |
bhāra parākrama nahim̐ sunehi, jiteum̐ carācara jhāri ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0