छतज नयन उर बाहु बिसाला । हिमगिरि-निभ-तनु-कछु एक लाला ॥
इहाँ दसानन सुभट पठाये । नाना अस्त्र सस्त्र गहि धाये ॥
chataja nayana ura bāhu bisālā | himagiri-nibha-tanu-kachu eka lālā ||
ihām̐ dasānana subhaṭa paṭhāye | nānā astra sastra gahi dhāye ||
Lanka Kanda
Chapter 53: Lakshmana goes out, fierce battle rages
5 verses · 53 of 121
What happens in this chapter
Lakshmana goes out, fierce battle rages
Lakshmana goes out with blood-red eyes, broad chest and mighty arms, his body like the Himalaya with a tinge of red. Here Ravana sends his warriors, who run with weapons of every kind. The monkeys, armed with mountains, nails and trees, rush in crying victory to Rama. Pair grapples with pair, and the will to win is great on both sides. The monkeys strike with fists and kicks and bite. Kill, kill, seize, seize; break off his head, tear out his arms: this cry fills all nine regions of the earth. Fearful headless trunks run about everywhere. The gods watch from the sky, now in wonder, now in joy. Blood pools and clots in the hollows with dust flying over it, like smoke spread over heaps of embers.
भूधर-नख-बिटपायुध-धारी । धाये कपि जय राम पुकारी ॥
भिरे सकल जोरिहि सन जोरी । इत उत जय-इच्छा नहिँ थोरी ॥
bhūdhara-nakha-biṭapāyudha-dhārī | dhāye kapi jaya rāma pukārī ||
bhire sakala jorihi sana jorī | ita uta jaya-icchā nahim̐ thorī ||
मुठिकन्ह लातन्ह दातन्ह काटहिं । कपि-जयसील मारि पुनि डाटहिं ॥
मारु मार धरु धरु धरु मारू । सीस तोरि गहि भुजा उपारू ॥
muṭhikanha lātanha dātanha kāṭahiṃ | kapi-jayasīla māri puni ḍāṭahiṃ ||
māru māra dharu dharu dharu mārū | sīsa tori gahi bhujā upārū ||
असि रव पूरि रही नव-खंडा । धावहिं जहँ तहँ रुंड प्रचंडा ॥
देखहिँ कौतुक नभ सुर-बृन्दा । कबहुँक बिसमय कबहुँ अनन्दा ॥
asi rava pūri rahī nava-khaṃḍā | dhāvahiṃ jaham̐ taham̐ ruṃḍa pracaṃḍā ||
dekhahim̐ kautuka nabha sura-bṛndā | kabahum̐ka bisamaya kabahum̐ anandā ||
रुधिर गाड़ भरि अरि जम्यो, ऊपर धूरि उड़ाइ ।
जनु अँगार-रासिन्ह-पर, मृतक धूम रह्यो छाइ ॥
rudhira gār̤a bhari ari jamyo, ūpara dhūri ur̤āi |
janu am̐gāra-rāsinha-para, mṛtaka dhūma rahyo chāi ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0