नारि बचन सुनि बिसिख समाना । सभाँ गयउ उठि होत बिहाना ॥
बैठ जाइ सिंहासन फूली । अति-अभिमान त्रास सब भूली ॥
nāri bacana suni bisikha samānā | sabhām̐ gayau uṭhi hota bihānā ||
baiṭha jāi siṃhāsana phūlī | ati-abhimāna trāsa saba bhūlī ||
Lanka Kanda
Chapter 38: Angada explains the four crowns
7 verses · 38 of 121
What happens in this chapter
Angada explains the four crowns
Her words strike like arrows, yet at dawn Ravana sits swelling on his throne, fear forgotten in pride. Here Rama seats Angada close and asks with a smile: tell me, son of Bali, how did you get four crowns of mighty Ravana to throw? Angada answers: they were not crowns but a king's four virtues, sama, dana, danda and bheda, which the Veda says dwell in a ruler's heart, the four feet of policy and dharma. Finding Ravana without dharma, turned from your feet and in Time's grip, they left him and came to you, lord of Kosala. Rama smiles at this wit, and Angada reports all he saw of the fort.
इहाँ राम अङ्गदहि बोलावा । आइ चरन-पङ्कज सिर नावा ॥
अति-आदर समीप बैठारी । बोले बिहँसि कृपाल खरारी ॥
ihām̐ rāma aṅgadahi bolāvā | āi carana-paṅkaja sira nāvā ||
ati-ādara samīpa baiṭhārī | bole biham̐si kṛpāla kharārī ||
बालितनय कौतुक अति मोही । तात सत्य कहु पूछउँ तोही ॥
रावन-जातुधान-कुल-टीका । भुज-बल-अतुल जासु जग लीका ॥
bālitanaya kautuka ati mohī | tāta satya kahu pūchaum̐ tohī ||
rāvana-jātudhāna-kula-ṭīkā | bhuja-bala-atula jāsu jaga līkā ||
तासु मुकुट तुम्ह चारि चलाये । कहहु तात कवनी विधि पाये ॥
सुनु सर्वज्ञ प्रनत-सुखकारी । मुकुट न होहिं भूप-गुन-चारी ॥
tāsu mukuṭa tumha cāri calāye | kahahu tāta kavanī vidhi pāye ||
sunu sarvajña pranata-sukhakārī | mukuṭa na hohiṃ bhūpa-guna-cārī ||
साम दान अरु दंड बिभेदा । नृप उर बसहिँ नाथ कह बेदा ॥
नीति धरम के चरन सुहाये । अस जियँ जानि नाथ पहिँ आये ॥
sāma dāna aru daṃḍa bibhedā | nṛpa ura basahim̐ nātha kaha bedā ||
nīti dharama ke carana suhāye | asa jiyam̐ jāni nātha pahim̐ āye ||
धरम-हीन प्रभु-पद-विमुख, काल-बिबस-दससीस ।
तेहि परिहरि गुन आयउ, सुनहु कोसलाधीस ॥
dharama-hīna prabhu-pada-vimukha, kāla-bibasa-dasasīsa |
tehi parihari guna āyau, sunahu kosalādhīsa ||
परम-चतुरता श्रवन सुनि, बिहँसे राम उदार ।
समाचार पुनि सब कहे, गढ़ के बालिकुमार ॥
parama-caturatā śravana suni, biham̐se rāma udāra |
samācāra puni saba kahe, gar̤ha ke bālikumāra ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0