अन्तरधान भयउ छन एका । पुनि प्रगटे खल रूप अनेका ॥
रघुपति कटक भालु कपि जेते । जहँ तहाँ प्रगट दसानन तेते ॥
antaradhāna bhayau chana ekā | puni pragaṭe khala rūpa anekā ||
raghupati kaṭaka bhālu kapi jete | jaham̐ tahām̐ pragaṭa dasānana tete ||
Lanka Kanda
Chapter 96: Countless Ravanas, and one arrow ends them
6 verses · 96 of 121
What happens in this chapter
Countless Ravanas, and one arrow ends them
Ravana vanishes for a moment and reappears in many forms. For every bear and monkey in Rama's army there is now a Ravana. The monkeys see endless ten-headed figures and scatter, crying: save us, Lakshmana, save us, Raghubira. The devas too take fright and flee: brother, give up hope of victory; one Ravana conquered all the devas, and now there are so many, let us hide in the mountain caves. Only Brahma, Shambhu and the wise munis, who know something of the Lord's glory, stay unafraid. Hanuman, Angada, Nila and Nala fight on. Seeing the devas so troubled, the Lord of Kosala laughs, fits a single arrow to the Sharnga bow and strikes down every one of the false Ravanas.
देखे कपिन्ह अमित दससीसा । जहँ तहँ भजे भालु अरु कीसा ॥
भागे बानर धरहिँ न धीरा । त्राहि त्राहि लछिमन रघुबीरा ॥
dekhe kapinha amita dasasīsā | jaham̐ taham̐ bhaje bhālu aru kīsā ||
bhāge bānara dharahim̐ na dhīrā | trāhi trāhi lachimana raghubīrā ||
दहँ-दिसि धावहिँ कोटिन्ह रावन । गर्जहिं घोर कठोर भयावन ॥
डरे सकल सुर चले पराई । जय के आस तजहु अब भाई ॥
daham̐-disi dhāvahim̐ koṭinha rāvana | garjahiṃ ghora kaṭhora bhayāvana ||
ḍare sakala sura cale parāī | jaya ke āsa tajahu aba bhāī ||
सब सुर जिते एक दसकन्धर । अब बहु भए तकहु गिरि कन्दर ॥
रहे बिरञ्चि सम्भु मुनि ज्ञानी । जिन्ह जिन्ह प्रभु महिमा कछु जानी ॥
saba sura jite eka dasakandhara | aba bahu bhae takahu giri kandara ||
rahe birañci sambhu muni jñānī | jinha jinha prabhu mahimā kachu jānī ||
जाना प्रताप ते रहे निर्भय, कपिन्ह रिपु माने फुरे ।
चले बिचलि मर्कट भालु सकल, कृपाल पाहि भयातुरे ॥
हनुमन्त अङ्गद नील नल अति, बल लरत रन बाँकुरे ।
मर्दहिं दसानन कोटि कोटिन्ह, कपट-भू भट-अङ्कुरे ॥
jānā pratāpa te rahe nirbhaya, kapinha ripu māne phure |
cale bicali markaṭa bhālu sakala, kṛpāla pāhi bhayāture ||
hanumanta aṅgada nīla nala ati, bala larata rana bām̐kure |
mardahiṃ dasānana koṭi koṭinha, kapaṭa-bhū bhaṭa-aṅkure ||
सुर बानर देखे विकल, हँस्यो कोसलाधीस ।
सजि सारङ्ग एक सर, हते सकल दससीस ॥
sura bānara dekhe vikala, ham̐syo kosalādhīsa |
saji sāraṅga eka sara, hate sakala dasasīsa ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0