कपि-बल-देखि सकल हियँ हारे । उठा आपु कपि कें परचारे ॥
गहत चरन कह बालिकुमारा । सम-पद-गहें न तोर उबारा ॥
kapi-bala-dekhi sakala hiyam̐ hāre | uṭhā āpu kapi keṃ paracāre ||
gahata carana kaha bālikumārā | sama-pada-gaheṃ na tora ubārā ||
Lanka Kanda
Chapter 35: Ravana stoops, Angada returns to Rama
9 verses · 35 of 121
What happens in this chapter
Ravana stoops, Angada returns to Rama
All lose heart. Ravana himself rises and grasps the foot. Angada says: clasping my feet will not save you; go and clasp Rama's feet, fool. Ashamed, Ravana turns back, his splendour gone like the moon at midday, and sits on his throne as if he had lost all he owned. Shiva tells Uma: at a play of Rama's brow the universe arises and dissolves; how could his envoy's vow fail? Angada speaks much good counsel, but Ravana, his death near, will not heed. Saying he will kill him on the field, not now, Angada leaves. Thrilled and weeping, he clasps Rama's feet. At dusk Mandodari again counsels Ravana.
गहसि न राम-चरन सठ जाई । सुनत फिरा मन अति-सकुचाई ॥
भयउ तेज-हत श्री सब गई । मध्य-दिवस जिमि ससि सोहई ॥
gahasi na rāma-carana saṭha jāī | sunata phirā mana ati-sakucāī ||
bhayau teja-hata śrī saba gaī | madhya-divasa jimi sasi sohaī ||
सिंहासन बैठेउ सिर लाई । मानहुँ सम्पति सकल गंवाई ॥
जगदातमा-प्रानपति-रामा । तासु बिमुख किमि लह बिश्रामा ॥
siṃhāsana baiṭheu sira lāī | mānahum̐ sampati sakala gaṃvāī ||
jagadātamā-prānapati-rāmā | tāsu bimukha kimi laha biśrāmā ||
उमा राम की भृकुटि-बिलासा । होइ बिस्व पुनि पावइ नासा ॥
तृन ते कुलिस कुलिस तृन करई । तासु दूत पन कहु किमि टरई ॥
umā rāma kī bhṛkuṭi-bilāsā | hoi bisva puni pāvai nāsā ||
tṛna te kulisa kulisa tṛna karaī | tāsu dūta pana kahu kimi ṭaraī ||
पुनि कपि कही नीति विधि नाना । मान न तासु काल निअराना ॥
रिपु-मद-मथि-प्रभु-सुजस सुनायो । यह कहि चलेउ बालि-नृप-जायो ॥
puni kapi kahī nīti vidhi nānā | māna na tāsu kāla niarānā ||
ripu-mada-mathi-prabhu-sujasa sunāyo | yaha kahi caleu bāli-nṛpa-jāyo ||
हतौं न खेत खेलाइ खेलाई । तोहि अबहिँ का करउँ बड़ाई ॥
प्रथमहिँ तासु तनय कपि मारा । सो सुनि रावन भयउ दुखारा ॥
hatauṃ na kheta khelāi khelāī | tohi abahim̐ kā karaum̐ bar̤āī ||
prathamahim̐ tāsu tanaya kapi mārā | so suni rāvana bhayau dukhārā ||
जातुधान अङ्गद पन देखी । भय ब्याकुल सब भये बिसेखी ॥
jātudhāna aṅgada pana dekhī | bhaya byākula saba bhaye bisekhī ||
रिपु-बल-धरषि हरषि कपि, बालि-तनय बल-पुञ्ज ।
पुलक सरीर नयन जल, गहे राम-पद-कञ्ज ॥
ripu-bala-dharaṣi haraṣi kapi, bāli-tanaya bala-puñja |
pulaka sarīra nayana jala, gahe rāma-pada-kañja ||
साँझ जानि दसकन्धर, भवन गयउ बिलखाइ ।
मन्दोदरी रावनहि, बहुरि कहा समुझाइ ॥
sām̐jha jāni dasakandhara, bhavana gayau bilakhāi |
mandodarī rāvanahi, bahuri kahā samujhāi ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0