घायल बीर बिराजहिँ कैसे । कुसुमित किंसुक के तरु जैसे ॥
लछिमन मेघनाद दोउ जोधा । भिरहिँ परसपर करि अति क्रोधा ॥
ghāyala bīra birājahim̐ kaise | kusumita kiṃsuka ke taru jaise ||
lachimana meghanāda dou jodhā | bhirahim̐ parasapara kari ati krodhā ||
Lanka Kanda
Chapter 54: Meghanada's shakti strikes Lakshmana down
5 verses · 54 of 121
What happens in this chapter
Meghanada's shakti strikes Lakshmana down
The wounded warriors look like flowering kimshuka trees. Lakshmana and Meghanada grapple in great fury, neither able to conquer the other, while the rakshasa uses trickery and foul means. Then Ananta, Lakshmana who is Shesha, grows angry and at once smashes the chariot and kills the charioteer. Shesha strikes him in many ways until only a breath of life is left in the rakshasa. Ravana's son thinks: I am in danger, he will take my life. He hurls the hero-slaying shakti spear. It strikes Lakshmana, mass of splendour, in the chest, and he falls senseless. Then Meghanada drops his fear and comes close. He and a hundred crore warriors like him try to lift Lakshmana, but how can Shesha, who supports the world, be lifted? Ashamed, they go away.
एकहि एक सकइ नहिं जीती । निसिचर छल बल करइ अनीती ॥
क्रोधवन्त तब भयउ अनन्ता । भञ्जेउ रथ सारथी तुरन्ता ॥
ekahi eka sakai nahiṃ jītī | nisicara chala bala karai anītī ||
krodhavanta taba bhayau anantā | bhañjeu ratha sārathī turantā ||
नाना विधि प्रहार कर सेषा । राच्छस भयउ प्रान अवसेषा ॥
रावन-सुत निज-सन अनुमाना । संकठ भयउ हरिहि मम प्राना ॥
nānā vidhi prahāra kara seṣā | rācchasa bhayau prāna avaseṣā ||
rāvana-suta nija-sana anumānā | saṃkaṭha bhayau harihi mama prānā ||
बीरघातिनी छाडिसि साँगी । तेज-पुञ्ज लछिमन उर लागी ॥
मुरछा भई सक्ति के लागें । तब बलि गयउ निकट भय त्यागें ॥
bīraghātinī chāḍisi sām̐gī | teja-puñja lachimana ura lāgī ||
murachā bhaī sakti ke lāgeṃ | taba bali gayau nikaṭa bhaya tyāgeṃ ||
मेघनाद सम कोटि सत, जोधा रहे उठाइ ।
जगदाधार सेष किमि, उठै चले खिसिआइ ॥
meghanāda sama koṭi sata, jodhā rahe uṭhāi |
jagadādhāra seṣa kimi, uṭhai cale khisiāi ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0