अस कहि चला रचिसि मग माया । सर मन्दिर बर बाग बनाया ॥
मारुत-सुत देखा सुभ आश्रम । मुनिहिं बूझि जल पियौं जाइ श्रम ॥
asa kahi calā racisi maga māyā | sara mandira bara bāga banāyā ||
māruta-suta dekhā subha āśrama | munihiṃ būjhi jala piyauṃ jāi śrama ||
Lanka Kanda
Chapter 57: Kalanemi's false ashram on Hanuman's path
5 verses · 57 of 121
What happens in this chapter
Kalanemi's false ashram on Hanuman's path
Kalanemi builds by magic, on Hanuman's path, a lake, a temple and a fine garden. Hanuman stops there to drink. He sits there in a false sage's guise. Hanuman bows to him, and he begins to recite Rama's glories. A great battle is raging between Ravana and Rama, he says; Rama will win, there is no doubt. I see it all from here by inner sight. Offered a kamandalu, Hanuman says so little water will not do. Then bathe in the lake and come back quickly and I will give you diksha that brings knowledge. As Hanuman enters the lake, a crocodile seizes his foot; he kills it, and it rises in divine form into the sky.
राच्छस कपट बेष तहँ सोहा । मायापति-दूतहि चह मोहा ॥
जाइ पवन-सुत नायउ माथा । लाग सो कहइ राम-गुन-गाथा ॥
rācchasa kapaṭa beṣa taham̐ sohā | māyāpati-dūtahi caha mohā ||
jāi pavana-suta nāyau māthā | lāga so kahai rāma-guna-gāthā ||
होत महा रन रावन रामहिँ । जितहहिं राम न संसय या महिँ ॥
इहाँ आये में देखउँ भाई । ज्ञान-दृष्टि-बल मोहि अधिकाई ॥
hota mahā rana rāvana rāmahim̐ | jitahahiṃ rāma na saṃsaya yā mahim̐ ||
ihām̐ āye meṃ dekhaum̐ bhāī | jñāna-dṛṣṭi-bala mohi adhikāī ||
माँगा जल तेहिं दीन्ह कमंडल । कह कपि नहिँ अघाउँ थोरें जल ॥
सर मज्जन करि आतुर आवहु । दिच्छा देउँ ज्ञान जेहिं पावहु ॥
mām̐gā jala tehiṃ dīnha kamaṃḍala | kaha kapi nahim̐ aghāum̐ thoreṃ jala ||
sara majjana kari ātura āvahu | dicchā deum̐ jñāna jehiṃ pāvahu ||
सर पैठत कपि-पद-गहा, मकरीं तब अकुलान ।
मारी सो धरि दिव्य-तनु, चली गगन चढ़ि जान ॥
sara paiṭhata kapi-pada-gahā, makarīṃ taba akulāna |
mārī so dhari divya-tanu, calī gagana car̤hi jāna ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0