रिपु के समाचार जब पाये । राम सचिव सब निकट बोलाये ॥
लङ्का बाँके चारि दुआरा । केहि विधि लागिअ करहु बिचारा ॥
ripu ke samācāra jaba pāye | rāma saciva saba nikaṭa bolāye ||
laṅkā bām̐ke cāri duārā | kehi vidhi lāgia karahu bicārā ||
Lanka Kanda
Chapter 39: Four divisions march to surround Lanka
6 verses · 39 of 121
What happens in this chapter
Four divisions march to surround Lanka
Having the enemy's news, Rama calls his counsellors: Lanka has four formidable gates; consider how to attack. Sugriva, Jambavan and Vibhishana, remembering the ornament of the solar race, settle a firm plan and divide the monkey host into four divisions, appointing fit commanders. They gather all the troop leaders and explain the Lord's might to them. Hearing it, the monkeys roar like lions and rush out. Joyfully they bow at Rama's feet, seize mountain peaks and run, bears and monkeys thundering and threatening: victory to Raghubir, lord of Kosala. Though they know Lanka is a mighty fort, by the Lord's glory they advance without fear and surround it on all sides like gathering clouds, beating drums with their mouths. Victory to Rama, victory to Lakshmana, victory to Sugriva, they roar.
तब कपीस रिच्छेस बिभीषन । सुमिरि-हृदयँ दिनकर-कुल-भूषन ॥
करि विचार तिन्ह मन्त्र दृढ़ावा । चारि अनी कपि-कटक बनावा ॥
taba kapīsa ricchesa bibhīṣana | sumiri-hṛdayam̐ dinakara-kula-bhūṣana ||
kari vicāra tinha mantra dṛr̤hāvā | cāri anī kapi-kaṭaka banāvā ||
जथाजोग सेनापति कीन्हे । जूथप सकल बोलि तम लीन्हे ॥
प्रभु प्रताप कहि सब समुझाये । सुनि कपि सिंघनाद करि धाये ॥
jathājoga senāpati kīnhe | jūthapa sakala boli tama līnhe ||
prabhu pratāpa kahi saba samujhāye | suni kapi siṃghanāda kari dhāye ||
हरषित राम-चरन सिर नावहिं । गहि-गिरि-सिखर बीर सब धावहिं ॥
गर्जहिँ तर्जहिँ भालु कपीसा । जय रघुबीर कोसलाधीसा ॥
haraṣita rāma-carana sira nāvahiṃ | gahi-giri-sikhara bīra saba dhāvahiṃ ||
garjahim̐ tarjahim̐ bhālu kapīsā | jaya raghubīra kosalādhīsā ||
जानत परम दुर्ग अति लङ्का । प्रभु प्रताप कपि चले असङ्का ॥
घटाटोप करि चहुँ दिसि घेरी । मुखहिं निसान बजावहिँ भेरी ॥
jānata parama durga ati laṅkā | prabhu pratāpa kapi cale asaṅkā ||
ghaṭāṭopa kari cahum̐ disi gherī | mukhahiṃ nisāna bajāvahim̐ bherī ||
जयति राम जय लछिमन, जय कपीस सुग्रीव ।
गर्जहिँ सिंघनाद कपि, भालु महा बल सीँव ॥
jayati rāma jaya lachimana, jaya kapīsa sugrīva |
garjahim̐ siṃghanāda kapi, bhālu mahā bala sīm̐va ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0