सठ साखामृग जोरि सहाई । बाँधा सिन्धु इहइ प्रभुताई ॥
नाघहिं खग अनेक बारीसा । सूर न होहिँ ते सुनु सब कीसा ॥
saṭha sākhāmṛga jori sahāī | bām̐dhā sindhu ihai prabhutāī ||
nāghahiṃ khaga aneka bārīsā | sūra na hohim̐ te sunu saba kīsā ||
Lanka Kanda
Chapter 28: Ravana scorns the bridge and the envoy
5 verses · 28 of 121
What happens in this chapter
Ravana scorns the bridge and the envoy
Ravana mocks: a bridge built by a mob of monkeys is all your lord's greatness. Many birds cross the sea; that makes no one a hero. My arms are twenty fathomless oceans of strength where gods and men have drowned. I made the world guardians carry water for me, and you sing me a prince's fame! If your lord is such a warrior, why send an envoy? Is he not ashamed to seek friendship with his foe? Look at the arms that churned Shiva's mountain, then praise your master. Who is a hero like Ravana, who cut off his own heads and offered them gladly into the fire, with Gauri's lord as witness?
मम-भुज-सागर बल-जल-पूरा । जहँ बूड़े बहु सुर-नर-सूरा ॥
बीस पयोधि अगाध अपारा । को अस बीर जो पाइहि पारा ॥
mama-bhuja-sāgara bala-jala-pūrā | jaham̐ būr̤e bahu sura-nara-sūrā ||
bīsa payodhi agādha apārā | ko asa bīra jo pāihi pārā ||
दिगपालन्ह मैं नीर भरावा । भूप सुजस खल मोहि सुनावा ॥
जौँ पै समर सुभट तव नाथा । पुनि पुनि कहसि जासु-गुन-गाथा ॥
digapālanha maiṃ nīra bharāvā | bhūpa sujasa khala mohi sunāvā ||
jaum̐ pai samara subhaṭa tava nāthā | puni puni kahasi jāsu-guna-gāthā ||
तौ बसीठ पठवत केहि काजा । रिपु सन प्रीति करत नहिं लाजा ॥
हरगिरि-मथन निरखु-मम बाहू । पुनि सठ कपि निज प्रभुहि सराहू ॥
tau basīṭha paṭhavata kehi kājā | ripu sana prīti karata nahiṃ lājā ||
haragiri-mathana nirakhu-mama bāhū | puni saṭha kapi nija prabhuhi sarāhū ||
सूर कवन रावन सरिस, स्व कर काटि जेहिं सीस ।
हुने अनल अति-हरष बहु,-बार साखि गौरीस ॥
sūra kavana rāvana sarisa, sva kara kāṭi jehiṃ sīsa |
hune anala ati-haraṣa bahu,-bāra sākhi gaurīsa ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0