देखि पवन-सुत कटक बिहाला । क्रोधवन्त जनु धायउ काला ॥
महा-खेल एक तुरत उपारा । अति रिस मेघनाद पर डारा ॥
dekhi pavana-suta kaṭaka bihālā | krodhavanta janu dhāyau kālā ||
mahā-khela eka turata upārā | ati risa meghanāda para ḍārā ||
Lanka Kanda
Chapter 51: Meghanada shows his magic to Rama
5 verses · 51 of 121
What happens in this chapter
Meghanada shows his magic to Rama
Seeing the army in distress, Hanuman runs like Time in wrath. He hurls a huge mountain at Meghanada. Seeing it come, Meghanada rises into the sky, losing chariot, charioteer and horses. Hanuman challenges him, but he will not come near. Meghanada goes close to Raghupati and abuses him in many ways. He throws every missile and weapon at him, and the Lord cuts them down as if in play. Seeing the Lord's might the fool is enraged and begins working many kinds of magic, like someone trying to frighten Garuda by holding up a tiny snake. The doha says it plainly: the rakshasa of crooked mind shows his own magic to him under whose mighty Maya even Shiva and Brahma, great and small, are held.
आवत देखि गयउ नभ सोई । रथ सारथी तुरग सब खोई ॥
बार बार पचार हनुमाना । निकट न आव मरम से जाना ॥
āvata dekhi gayau nabha soī | ratha sārathī turaga saba khoī ||
bāra bāra pacāra hanumānā | nikaṭa na āva marama se jānā ||
रघुपति निकट गयउ घननादा । नाना भाँति कहेसि दुर्वादा ॥
अस्त्र सस्त्र आयुध सब डारे । कौतुकहीं प्रभु काटि निवारे ॥
raghupati nikaṭa gayau ghananādā | nānā bhām̐ti kahesi durvādā ||
astra sastra āyudha saba ḍāre | kautukahīṃ prabhu kāṭi nivāre ||
देखि प्रताप मूढ़ खिसिआना । करइ लाग माया बिधि नाना ॥
जिमि कोउ करइ गरुड़ से खेला । डरपावै गहि स्वल्प सपेला ॥
dekhi pratāpa mūr̤ha khisiānā | karai lāga māyā bidhi nānā ||
jimi kou karai garur̤a se khelā | ḍarapāvai gahi svalpa sapelā ||
जासु प्रबल-माया-बस, सिव-बिरञ्चि बड़ छोट ।
ताहि दिखावइ निसिचर, निज-माया-मति खोट ॥
jāsu prabala-māyā-basa, siva-birañci bar̤a choṭa |
tāhi dikhāvai nisicara, nija-māyā-mati khoṭa ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0