सभय देव करुनानिधि जान्यो । सवन प्रजन्त सरासन तान्यो ॥
बिसिख निकर निसिचर मुख भरेऊ । तदपि महाबल भूमि न परेऊ ॥
sabhaya deva karunānidhi jānyo | savana prajanta sarāsana tānyo ||
bisikha nikara nisicara mukha bhareū | tadapi mahābala bhūmi na pareū ||
Lanka Kanda
Chapter 71: Kumbhakarna is slain and merges into Rama
8 verses · 71 of 121
What happens in this chapter
Kumbhakarna is slain and merges into Rama
Seeing the devas afraid, the merciful Lord draws the bow to his ear and fills Kumbhakarna's open mouth with arrows. Still the giant does not fall; mouth stuffed with shafts, he charges like a living quiver of Death. Then Rama takes a sharp arrow and severs his head. It falls before Ravana, who is stricken like a serpent that has lost its jewel. The trunk still runs, and Rama cuts it in two. Kumbhakarna's radiance enters the Lord's face, and devas and munis marvel. Tulsidas describes Rama on the field. Shiva tells Girija: even that vile rakshasa received the Lord's own abode, so dull are those who do not worship Shri Rama.
सरन्हि भरा मुख सन्मुख धावा । काल-त्रोन सजीव जनु आवा ॥
तब प्रभु कोपि तीब्र सर लीन्हा । धर तें भिन्न तासु सिर कीन्हा ॥
saranhi bharā mukha sanmukha dhāvā | kāla-trona sajīva janu āvā ||
taba prabhu kopi tībra sara līnhā | dhara teṃ bhinna tāsu sira kīnhā ||
सो सिर परेउ दसानन आगें । विकल भयउ जिमि फनि मनि त्यागें ॥
धरनि धसइ धर धाव प्रचंडा । तब प्रभु काटि कीन्ह दुइ खंडा ॥
so sira pareu dasānana āgeṃ | vikala bhayau jimi phani mani tyāgeṃ ||
dharani dhasai dhara dhāva pracaṃḍā | taba prabhu kāṭi kīnha dui khaṃḍā ||
परे भूमि जिमि नभ तें भूधर । हेठ दाबि कपि भालु निसाचर ॥
तासु तेज प्रभु बदन समाना । सुर मुनि सबहिँ अचम्भव माला ॥
pare bhūmi jimi nabha teṃ bhūdhara | heṭha dābi kapi bhālu nisācara ||
tāsu teja prabhu badana samānā | sura muni sabahim̐ acambhava mālā ||
सुर दुंदुभीं बजावहिँ हरषहिँ । अस्तुति करहिं सुमन बहु बरषहिँ ॥
करि बिनती सुर सकल सिधाये । तेही समय देवरिषि आये ॥
sura duṃdubhīṃ bajāvahim̐ haraṣahim̐ | astuti karahiṃ sumana bahu baraṣahim̐ ||
kari binatī sura sakala sidhāye | tehī samaya devariṣi āye ||
गगनोपरि हरि-गुन-गन गाये । रुचिर बीररस प्रभु मन भाये ॥
बेगि हतहु खल कहि मुनि गये । राम समर-महि सोभत भये ॥
gaganopari hari-guna-gana gāye | rucira bīrarasa prabhu mana bhāye ||
begi hatahu khala kahi muni gaye | rāma samara-mahi sobhata bhaye ||
संग्राम भूमि बिराज रघुपति, अतुल बल कोसल धनी ।
श्रम बिन्दु मुख राजीव लोचन, अरुन तन सोनित कनी ॥
भुज जुगल फेरत सर सरासन, भालु कपि चहुँ दिसि बने ।
कह दास तुलसी कहि न सक छबि, सेष जेहि आनन घने ॥
saṃgrāma bhūmi birāja raghupati, atula bala kosala dhanī |
śrama bindu mukha rājīva locana, aruna tana sonita kanī ||
bhuja jugala pherata sara sarāsana, bhālu kapi cahum̐ disi bane |
kaha dāsa tulasī kahi na saka chabi, seṣa jehi ānana ghane ||
निसिचर अधम मलाकर, ताहि दीन्ह निज धाम ।
गिरिजा ते नर मन्दमति, जे न भजहिँ श्रीराम ॥
nisicara adhama malākara, tāhi dīnha nija dhāma |
girijā te nara mandamati, je na bhajahim̐ śrīrāma ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0