राम-चरन-सरसिज उर राखी । चला प्रभंजन-सुत बल भाखी ॥
उहाँ दूत एक मरम जनावा । रावन कालनेमि गृह आवा ॥
rāma-carana-sarasija ura rākhī | calā prabhaṃjana-suta bala bhākhī ||
uhām̐ dūta eka marama janāvā | rāvana kālanemi gṛha āvā ||
Lanka Kanda
Chapter 56: Ravana sends Kalanemi to stop Hanuman
5 verses · 56 of 121
What happens in this chapter
Ravana sends Kalanemi to stop Hanuman
The son of the wind sets out. In Lanka a spy tells Ravana the secret, and Ravana goes to the house of Kalanemi. Hearing the plan, Kalanemi beats his head again and again. He who burned your city before your eyes, who can stop his path? Worship Raghupati and do yourself good, my lord; leave this vain talk. Give up the folly of I, you and mine, and wake from sleep in the night of great delusion. Can one who is food for the serpent of Time ever win a war, even in a dream? Ravana flares up, and Kalanemi decides: better to die at the hands of Rama's envoy than at this wicked one's.
दसमुख कहा मरमु तेहिं सुना । पुनि पुनि कालनेमि सिर धुना ॥
देखत तुम्हहि नगर जेहिं जारा । तासु पन्थ को रोकन पारा ॥
dasamukha kahā maramu tehiṃ sunā | puni puni kālanemi sira dhunā ||
dekhata tumhahi nagara jehiṃ jārā | tāsu pantha ko rokana pārā ||
भजि रघुपति करु हित आपना । छाँड़हु नाथ मृषा जल्पना ॥
नील-कञ्ज-तनु सुन्दर स्यामा । हृदयँ राखु लोचनाभिरामा ॥
bhaji raghupati karu hita āpanā | chām̐r̤ahu nātha mṛṣā jalpanā ||
nīla-kañja-tanu sundara syāmā | hṛdayam̐ rākhu locanābhirāmā ||
मैं तैं मोर मूढ़ता त्यागू । महा मोह निसि सूतत जागू ॥
काल-ब्याल कर भच्छक जोई । सपनेहुँ समर कि जीतिअ सोई ॥
maiṃ taiṃ mora mūr̤hatā tyāgū | mahā moha nisi sūtata jāgū ||
kāla-byāla kara bhacchaka joī | sapanehum̐ samara ki jītia soī ||
सुनि दसकंठ रिसान अति, तेहिं मन कीन्ह बिचार ।
राम दूत कर मरौं बरु, यह खल रत-पल-भार ॥
suni dasakaṃṭha risāna ati, tehiṃ mana kīnha bicāra |
rāma dūta kara marauṃ baru, yaha khala rata-pala-bhāra ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0