Lanka Kanda

Chapter 55: Hanuman brings the physician Sushena

5 verses · 55 of 121

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Hanuman brings the physician Sushena

Shiva tells Girija: who can defeat in battle him whose fire of anger burns the fourteen worlds in a moment, whom gods, men and all creation serve? Only one on whom Rama's grace rests understands this sport. At dusk both armies turn back. The all-pervading Brahman asks: where is Lakshmana? Just then Hanuman carries him in, and seeing his brother the Lord is stricken with grief. Jambavan says the physician Sushena lives in Lanka; send someone to fetch him. Taking a tiny form, Hanuman goes and brings him back at once, house and all. Sushena bows his head at Raghupati's lotus feet, names the mountain and the herb, and tells the son of the wind to go and fetch it.

55.1

सुनु गिरिजा क्रोधानल जासू । जारइ भुवन चारि दस आसू ॥
सक संग्राम जीति को ताही । सेवहिँ सुर नर अग जग जाही ॥

sunu girijā krodhānala jāsū | jārai bhuvana cāri dasa āsū ||
saka saṃgrāma jīti ko tāhī | sevahim̐ sura nara aga jaga jāhī ||

55.2

यह कौतूहल जानइ लाई । जा पर कृपा राम के होई ॥
सन्ध्या भई फिरी दोउ बाहनी । लगे सँभारन निज निज अनी ॥

yaha kautūhala jānai lāī | jā para kṛpā rāma ke hoī ||
sandhyā bhaī phirī dou bāhanī | lage sam̐bhārana nija nija anī ||

55.3

व्यापक ब्रह्म अजित भुवनेश्वर । लछिमन कहाँ बूझ करुनाकर ॥
तबलगि लेन आयउ हनुमाना । अनुज देखि प्रभु अति दुख माना ॥

vyāpaka brahma ajita bhuvaneśvara | lachimana kahām̐ būjha karunākara ||
tabalagi lena āyau hanumānā | anuja dekhi prabhu ati dukha mānā ||

55.4

जामवन्त कह बैद सुषेना । लंकाँ रह कोउ पठई लेना ॥
धरि लघु-रूप गयउ हनुमन्ता । आनेउ भवन-समेत तुरन्ता ॥

jāmavanta kaha baida suṣenā | laṃkām̐ raha kou paṭhaī lenā ||
dhari laghu-rūpa gayau hanumantā | āneu bhavana-sameta turantā ||

दो॰ 55Doha

रघुपति-चरन सरोज सिर, नायउ आइ सुषेन ।
कहा नाम गिरि औषधी, जाहु पवन-सुत लेन ॥

raghupati-carana saroja sira, nāyau āi suṣena |
kahā nāma giri auṣadhī, jāhu pavana-suta lena ||

Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0