इहाँ बिभीषन सब सुधि पाई । सपदि जाइ रघुपतिहि सुनाई ॥
नाथ करइ रावन एक जागा । सिद्ध भये नहिँ मरिहि अभागा ॥
ihām̐ bibhīṣana saba sudhi pāī | sapadi jāi raghupatihi sunāī ||
nātha karai rāvana eka jāgā | siddha bhaye nahim̐ marihi abhāgā ||
Lanka Kanda
Chapter 85: The monkeys break Ravana's yajna
6 verses · 85 of 121
What happens in this chapter
The monkeys break Ravana's yajna
Vibhishana learns of Ravana's plan and tells Raghupati: Ravana has begun a yajna, and if it succeeds the wretch will not die, so send the monkeys at once to wreck it. At daybreak the Lord sends Hanuman, Angada and the others. They leap into Ravana's palace fearlessly and are furious to find him at the rite. Angada mocks him for fleeing battle to sit in a heron's meditation, and kicks him. When Ravana will not look up, the monkeys bite and kick him and drag his wives out by the hair, and they cry piteously. Ravana rises like Death and hurls monkeys by their feet, but the yajna is already ruined. The monkeys return to Rama, and Ravana marches out in rage, hope of life abandoned.
पठवहु देव बेगि भट बन्दर । करहिँ बिधंस आव दसकन्धर ॥
प्रात होत प्रभु सुभट पठाये । हनुमदादि अङ्गद सब धाये ॥
paṭhavahu deva begi bhaṭa bandara | karahim̐ bidhaṃsa āva dasakandhara ||
prāta hota prabhu subhaṭa paṭhāye | hanumadādi aṅgada saba dhāye ||
कौतुक कूदि चढ़े कपि लङ्का । पैठे रावन भवन असङ्का ॥
जग्य करत जबहीं से देखा । सकल कपिन्ह भा क्रोध बिसेषा ॥
kautuka kūdi car̤he kapi laṅkā | paiṭhe rāvana bhavana asaṅkā ||
jagya karata jabahīṃ se dekhā | sakala kapinha bhā krodha biseṣā ||
रन से निलज भाजि गृह आवा । इहाँ आइ बक-ध्यान लगावा ॥
अस कहि अङ्गद मारा लाता । चितव न सठ स्वारथ मन राता ॥
rana se nilaja bhāji gṛha āvā | ihām̐ āi baka-dhyāna lagāvā ||
asa kahi aṅgada mārā lātā | citava na saṭha svāratha mana rātā ||
नहिं चितव जब करि कोप कपि गहि, दसन लातन्ह मारहीं ।
धरि केस नारि निकारि बाहेर, तेऽतिदीन पुकारहीं ॥
तब उठेउ क्रुद्ध कृतान्त सम गहि चरन बानर डारई ।
एहि बीच कपिन्ह बिधंस कृत मख देखि मन महुँ हारई ॥
nahiṃ citava jaba kari kopa kapi gahi, dasana lātanha mārahīṃ |
dhari kesa nāri nikāri bāhera, te'tidīna pukārahīṃ ||
taba uṭheu kruddha kṛtānta sama gahi carana bānara ḍāraī |
ehi bīca kapinha bidhaṃsa kṛta makha dekhi mana mahum̐ hāraī ||
जग्य बिधंसि कुसल कपि, आए रघुपति पास ।
चलेउ निसाचर क्रुद्ध होइ, त्यागि जिवन कै आस ॥
jagya bidhaṃsi kusala kapi, āe raghupati pāsa |
caleu nisācara kruddha hoi, tyāgi jivana kai āsa ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0