निज बिकलता बिचारि बहोरी । बिहँसि गयउ ग्रह करि भय भोरी ॥
मंदोदरीं सुन्यो प्रभु आयो । कौतुक ही पाथोधि बँधायो ॥
nija bikalatā bicāri bahorī | biham̐si gayau graha kari bhaya bhorī ||
maṃdodarīṃ sunyo prabhu āyo | kautuka hī pāthodhi bam̐dhāyo ||
Lanka Kanda
Chapter 6: Mandodari begs Ravana to return Sita
6 verses · 6 of 121
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Mandodari begs Ravana to return Sita
Ravana laughs off his alarm and goes to his palace. Mandodari has heard that the Lord has bound the sea as if in play. She takes her husband by the hand, leads him in, bows at his feet, spreads her sari's edge before him and speaks gently. Leave your anger, my beloved. Make enmity only with one you can beat by wit or strength. Between you and Raghupati there is the gap between a firefly and the sun. He who slew mighty Madhu and Kaitabha, destroyed the great sons of Diti, bound Bali and killed thousand-armed Sahasrabahu, has now taken birth to lift the earth's burden. Bow at his lotus feet, give Janaki back, hand the kingdom to your son and go to the forest to worship Raghunath.
कर गहि पतिहि भवन निज आनी । बोली परम-मनोहर बानी ॥
चरन नाइ सिर अञ्चल रोपा । सुनहु बचन पिय परिहरि कोपा ॥
kara gahi patihi bhavana nija ānī | bolī parama-manohara bānī ||
carana nāi sira añcala ropā | sunahu bacana piya parihari kopā ||
नाथ भैर कीजे ताही सोँ । बुधि बल सकिअ जीति जाही सोँ ॥
तुम्हहि रघुपतिहि अन्तर कैसा । खलु खद्योत दिनकरहि जैसा ॥
nātha bhaira kīje tāhī som̐ | budhi bala sakia jīti jāhī som̐ ||
tumhahi raghupatihi antara kaisā | khalu khadyota dinakarahi jaisā ||
अति बल मधु-कैटभ जेहिं मारे । महाबीर दितिसुत सङ्घारे ॥
जेहिं बलि बाँधि सहजभुज मारा । सोइ अवतरेउ हरन महि-भारा ॥
ati bala madhu-kaiṭabha jehiṃ māre | mahābīra ditisuta saṅghāre ||
jehiṃ bali bām̐dhi sahajabhuja mārā | soi avatareu harana mahi-bhārā ||
तासु बिरोध न कीजिय नाथा । काल करम जिव जाकें हाथा ॥
tāsu birodha na kījiya nāthā | kāla karama jiva jākeṃ hāthā ||
रामहि सौपि जानकी, नाइ कमल-पद माथ ।
सुत कहँ राज समर्पि बन, जाइ भजिअ रघुनाथ ॥
rāmahi saupi jānakī, nāi kamala-pada mātha |
suta kaham̐ rāja samarpi bana, jāi bhajia raghunātha ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0