बाँधि सेतु अति सुदृढ़ बनावा । देखि कृपानिधि के मन भावा ॥
चली सेन कछु बरनि न जाई । गर्जहिँ मरकट भट समुदाई ॥
bām̐dhi setu ati sudṛr̤ha banāvā | dekhi kṛpānidhi ke mana bhāvā ||
calī sena kachu barani na jāī | garjahim̐ marakaṭa bhaṭa samudāī ||
Lanka Kanda
Chapter 4: Sea creatures gather to see the Lord
6 verses · 4 of 121
What happens in this chapter
Sea creatures gather to see the Lord
The army sets out roaring, past all describing. Shri Rama climbs onto the head of the bridge and gazes over the wide sea. At once every creature of the deep rises to see him: makaras, crocodiles and serpents of many kinds, some with bodies a hundred yojanas long, some so huge they swallow those giants, and others before whom even these tremble. Yet now none harms another. They look on the Lord and will not move away, their hearts full of joy, so many that the water itself cannot be seen beneath them. The crowd on the bridge grows so great that some monkeys fly through the sky, and others climb onto the backs of the sea creatures and cross over on them.
सेतुबन्ध ढिग चढ़ि रघुराई । चितव कृपाल सिन्धु बहुताई ॥
देखन कहँ प्रभु करुना कन्दा । प्रगट भये सब जलचर-बृन्दा ॥
setubandha ḍhiga car̤hi raghurāī | citava kṛpāla sindhu bahutāī ||
dekhana kaham̐ prabhu karunā kandā | pragaṭa bhaye saba jalacara-bṛndā ||
मकर नक्र नाना झष व्याला । सत-जोजन-तन परम बिसाला ॥
अइसेउ एक तिन्हहि जे खाहीं । एकन्ह कें डर तेपि डेराहीं ॥
makara nakra nānā jhaṣa vyālā | sata-jojana-tana parama bisālā ||
aiseu eka tinhahi je khāhīṃ | ekanha keṃ ḍara tepi ḍerāhīṃ ||
प्रभुहि बिलोकहिँ टरहिं न टारे । मन हरषित सब भये सुखारे ॥
तिन्ह की ओट न देखिअ बारी । मगन भये हरि रूप निहारी ॥
prabhuhi bilokahim̐ ṭarahiṃ na ṭāre | mana haraṣita saba bhaye sukhāre ||
tinha kī oṭa na dekhia bārī | magana bhaye hari rūpa nihārī ||
चला कटकु प्रभु आयसु पाई । को कहि सक कपि-दल-बिपुलाई ॥
calā kaṭaku prabhu āyasu pāī | ko kahi saka kapi-dala-bipulāī ||
सेतुबन्ध भइ भीर अति, कपि नभ-पंथ उड़ाहिं ।
अपर जलचरन्हि ऊपर, चढ़ि चढ़ि पारहि जाहिँ ॥
setubandha bhai bhīra ati, kapi nabha-paṃtha ur̤āhiṃ |
apara jalacaranhi ūpara, car̤hi car̤hi pārahi jāhim̐ ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0