कहँ कोसलाधीस दोउ भ्राता । धन्वी सकल लोक बिख्याता ॥
कहँ नल-नील-दुबिद-सुग्रीवाँ । अङ्गद हनूमन्त बल सींवा ॥
kaham̐ kosalādhīsa dou bhrātā | dhanvī sakala loka bikhyātā ||
kaham̐ nala-nīla-dubida-sugrīvām̐ | aṅgada hanūmanta bala sīṃvā ||
Lanka Kanda
Chapter 50: Meghanada's arrows strike down the monkeys
5 verses · 50 of 121
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Meghanada's arrows strike down the monkeys
Meghanada challenges: where are the two brothers of Kosala, archers famed in every world? Where are Nala, Nila, Dvivida and Sugriva, where Angada and Hanuman, the limit of strength? Where is Vibhishana, traitor to his brother? Today I will kill them all, him above all. So saying he fits hard arrows, draws them to his ear in great fury and lets fly a stream of them, like winged serpents in flight. Bears and monkeys scatter, every wish for battle forgotten. There is no bear or monkey on the field whom he has not left with only a breath of life. He strikes each with ten arrows, and the monkey heroes fall to the ground, while steady, mighty Meghanada roars a lion's roar.
कहाँ बिभीषन भ्राताद्रोही । आजु सबहि हठि मारउँ ओही ॥
अस कहि कठिन बान सन्धाने । अतिसय क्रोध श्रवन लगि ताने ॥
kahām̐ bibhīṣana bhrātādrohī | āju sabahi haṭhi māraum̐ ohī ||
asa kahi kaṭhina bāna sandhāne | atisaya krodha śravana lagi tāne ||
सर-समूह सो छाड़ै लागा । जनु सपच्छ धावहिं बहु नागा ॥
जहँ तहँ परत देखि अहिबानर । सनमुख होइ न सके तेहि अवसर ॥
sara-samūha so chār̤ai lāgā | janu sapaccha dhāvahiṃ bahu nāgā ||
jaham̐ taham̐ parata dekhi ahibānara | sanamukha hoi na sake tehi avasara ||
जहँ तहँ लागि चले कपि रीछा । बिसरी सबहि जुद्ध कै ईछा ॥
सो कपि भालु न रन महँ देखा । कीन्हेसि जेहि न प्रान अवसेखा ॥
jaham̐ taham̐ lāgi cale kapi rīchā | bisarī sabahi juddha kai īchā ||
so kapi bhālu na rana maham̐ dekhā | kīnhesi jehi na prāna avasekhā ||
दस दस सर सब मारेसि, परे भूमि कपि बीर ।
सिंहनाद करि गर्जा, मेघनाद बल धीर ॥
dasa dasa sara saba māresi, pare bhūmi kapi bīra |
siṃhanāda kari garjā, meghanāda bala dhīra ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0