निसा जानि कपि चारिउ अनी । आये जहाँ कोसला-धनी ॥
राम-कृपा-करि चितवा जबहीं । भये बिगतश्रम बानर तबही ॥
nisā jāni kapi cāriu anī | āye jahām̐ kosalā-dhanī ||
rāma-kṛpā-kari citavā jabahīṃ | bhaye bigataśrama bānara tabahī ||
Lanka Kanda
Chapter 48: Malyavan counsels Ravana to make peace
6 verses · 48 of 121
What happens in this chapter
Malyavan counsels Ravana to make peace
At nightfall the four monkey divisions return to the lord of Kosala, and his gracious glance takes away their weariness. In Lanka, Ravana calls his ministers says the monkeys have destroyed half the army; what now? Malyavan, a very old rakshasa and a chief minister, speaks pure counsel. Since you brought Sita here, son, omens beyond telling have appeared. No one who turns from Rama, whose glory the Vedas and Puranas sing, has found happiness. He who killed Hiranyaksha with his brother, and mighty Madhu and Kaitabha, has now come down, the ocean of mercy. He is Time in form, fire to the forest of the wicked, the home of virtue and knowledge, served by Shiva and Brahma. What quarrel can you have with him?
उहाँ दसानन सचिव हँकारे । सब सन कहेसि सुभट जे मारे ॥
आधा कटक कपिन्ह सङ्घारा । कहहु बेगि का करिय बिचारा ॥
uhām̐ dasānana saciva ham̐kāre | saba sana kahesi subhaṭa je māre ||
ādhā kaṭaka kapinha saṅghārā | kahahu begi kā kariya bicārā ||
माल्यवन्त अति जरठ निसाचर । रावन-मातु-पिता मन्त्री बर ॥
बोला बचन नीति अति-पावन । सुनहु तात कछु मोर सिखावन ॥
mālyavanta ati jaraṭha nisācara | rāvana-mātu-pitā mantrī bara ||
bolā bacana nīti ati-pāvana | sunahu tāta kachu mora sikhāvana ||
जब ते तुम्ह सीता हरि आनी । असगुन होहिं न जाहिँ बखानी ॥
बेद-पुरान जासु जस गावा । राम बिमुख काहुँ न सुख काहुन पावा ॥
jaba te tumha sītā hari ānī | asaguna hohiṃ na jāhim̐ bakhānī ||
beda-purāna jāsu jasa gāvā | rāma bimukha kāhum̐ na sukha kāhuna pāvā ||
दो हिरन्याच्छ भ्राता सहित, मधु कैटभ बलवान ।
जेहि मारे सोइ अवतरेउ, कृपासिन्धु भगवान ॥
do hiranyāccha bhrātā sahita, madhu kaiṭabha balavāna |
jehi māre soi avatareu, kṛpāsindhu bhagavāna ||
काल रूप खल-बन-दहन, गुनागार घनबोध ।
सिव-बिरञ्चि जेहि सेवहिँ, तासोँ कवन विरोध ॥
kāla rūpa khala-bana-dahana, gunāgāra ghanabodha |
siva-birañci jehi sevahim̐, tāsom̐ kavana virodha ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0