अब जनि बतबढ़ाव खल करही । सुनु मम बचन मान परिहरही ॥
दसमुख मैं न बसीठीं आयउँ । अस बिचारि रघुबीर पठायउँ ॥
aba jani batabar̤hāva khala karahī | sunu mama bacana māna pariharahī ||
dasamukha maiṃ na basīṭhīṃ āyaum̐ | asa bicāri raghubīra paṭhāyaum̐ ||
Lanka Kanda
Chapter 30: Angada restrained only by Rama's word
5 verses · 30 of 121
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Angada restrained only by Rama's word
Angada says: no more wrangling; drop your pride. Raghubir sent me after due thought, saying again and again that a lion gains no glory by killing a jackal. Holding his words in mind I have borne your harsh speech; otherwise I would have smashed your jaws and carried Sita off by force. I know your strength, foe of the gods: you steal another's wife from an empty hut. You are a proud king of rakshasas; I am only the messenger of Raghupati's servant. If I did not fear slighting Rama, I would dash you to the ground, kill your army, lay your city waste, and carry off Janaka's daughter along with your women.
बार बार अस कहइ कृपाला । नहिँ गजारि जस बधें सृकाला ॥
मन महँ समुझि बचन प्रभु केरे । सहेउँ कठोर बचन सठ तेरे ॥
bāra bāra asa kahai kṛpālā | nahim̐ gajāri jasa badheṃ sṛkālā ||
mana maham̐ samujhi bacana prabhu kere | saheum̐ kaṭhora bacana saṭha tere ||
नाहिँ त करि मुख-भजन तोरा । लेइ जातेउँ सीतहि बरजोरा ॥
जानेउँ तव बल अधम सुरारी । सूनें हरि आनिहि परनारी ॥
nāhim̐ ta kari mukha-bhajana torā | lei jāteum̐ sītahi barajorā ||
jāneum̐ tava bala adhama surārī | sūneṃ hari ānihi paranārī ||
हैं निसिचर-पति गर्ब बहूता । मैं रघुपति-सेवक-कर-दूता ॥
जौँ न राम अपमानहिं डरउँ । तोहि देखत अस कौतुक करऊँ ॥
haiṃ nisicara-pati garba bahūtā | maiṃ raghupati-sevaka-kara-dūtā ||
jaum̐ na rāma apamānahiṃ ḍaraum̐ | tohi dekhata asa kautuka karaūm̐ ||
तोहि-पटकि-महि सेन-हति, चौपट करि तव गाउँ ।
तव जुबतिन्ह समेत सठ, जनकसुतहि लेइ जाउँ ॥
tohi-paṭaki-mahi sena-hati, caupaṭa kari tava gāum̐ |
tava jubatinha sameta saṭha, janakasutahi lei jāum̐ ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0