Lanka Kanda

Chapter 32: Angada strikes the earth, crowns fly

7 verses · 32 of 121

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Angada strikes the earth, crowns fly

When Ravana reviles Rama, Angada blazes; to hear Hari or Hara slandered is a sin like killing a cow. Gnashing his teeth, he strikes the ground with both arms. The earth shakes and the courtiers fall and flee. Ravana rises, but his crowns have dropped. Some he puts back; some Angada hurls toward the Lord. The monkeys run, taking them for meteors or thunderbolts. The Lord laughs: these are no meteors, nor Rahu nor Ketu, but Ravana's crowns sent by Bali's son. Hanuman catches them and lays them before the Lord, shining like the sun. In Lanka Ravana roars: seize the monkey and kill him. Angada smiles.

32.1

जब तेहिं कीन्ह राम कइ निन्दा । क्रोधवन्त अति भयउ कपिन्दा ॥
हरि-हर निन्दा सुनइ जो काना । होइ पाप गो-घात-समाना ॥

jaba tehiṃ kīnha rāma kai nindā | krodhavanta ati bhayau kapindā ||
hari-hara nindā sunai jo kānā | hoi pāpa go-ghāta-samānā ||

32.2

कटकटान कपिकुंजर भारी । दुहुँ-सुज-दंड तमकि महि मारी ॥
डोलत धरनि सभासद खसे । चले भागि भय पालत ग्रसे ॥

kaṭakaṭāna kapikuṃjara bhārī | duhum̐-suja-daṃḍa tamaki mahi mārī ||
ḍolata dharani sabhāsada khase | cale bhāgi bhaya pālata grase ||

32.3

गिरत सँभारि उठा दसकन्धर । भूतल परे मुकुट अति सुन्दर ॥
कछु तेहिं लै निज सिरन्हि संवारे । कछु अङ्गद प्रभु पास पबारे ॥

girata sam̐bhāri uṭhā dasakandhara | bhūtala pare mukuṭa ati sundara ||
kachu tehiṃ lai nija siranhi saṃvāre | kachu aṅgada prabhu pāsa pabāre ||

32.4

आवत मुकुट देखि कपि भागे । दिनहीं लूक परन बिधि लागे ॥
की रावन करि कोप चलाये । कुलिस चारि आवत अति धाये ॥

āvata mukuṭa dekhi kapi bhāge | dinahīṃ lūka parana bidhi lāge ||
kī rāvana kari kopa calāye | kulisa cāri āvata ati dhāye ||

32.5

कह प्रभु हँसि जनि हृदयँ डेराहू । लूक न असनि केतु नहिँ राहू ॥
ए किरीट दसकन्धर केरे । आवत बालि-तनय के प्रेरे ॥

kaha prabhu ham̐si jani hṛdayam̐ ḍerāhū | lūka na asani ketu nahim̐ rāhū ||
e kirīṭa dasakandhara kere | āvata bāli-tanaya ke prere ||

दो॰ 32 (क)Doha

तकि पवन सुत कर गहे, आनि धरे प्रभु पास ।
कौतुक देखहिँ भालु कपि, दिनकर-सरिस प्रकास ॥

taki pavana suta kara gahe, āni dhare prabhu pāsa |
kautuka dekhahim̐ bhālu kapi, dinakara-sarisa prakāsa ||

दो॰ 32 (ख)Doha

उहाँ सकोप दसानन, सब सन कहत रिसाइ ।
धरहु कपिहि धरि मारहु, सुनि अङ्गद मुसुकाइ ॥

uhām̐ sakopa dasānana, saba sana kahata risāi |
dharahu kapihi dhari mārahu, suni aṅgada musukāi ||

Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0