Lanka Kanda

Chapter 97: Angada throws Ravana; the heads keep growing

6 verses · 97 of 121

What happens in this chapter

Angada throws Ravana; the heads keep growing

In an instant the Lord destroys the whole illusion, as darkness breaks when the sun rises. Seeing only one Ravana again, the devas rejoice and shower flowers on the Lord. Rama raises his arm and calls the monkeys back, and they return, strengthened. Ravana sees the devas praising Rama and, angered that they think him finished, rises into the sky after them. The devas flee crying out. Angada leaps up, seizes his feet, throws him to the ground, kicks him and returns to the Lord. Ravana gets up roaring, sets arrows to his ten bows and wounds the warriors, glad at his own strength. Then Raghupati cuts off his heads, arms, arrows and bows, but they grow back many times over, as sins committed at a tirtha multiply.

97.1

प्रभु छन महुँ माया सब काटी । जिमि रबि उये जाहिँ तम फाटी ॥
रावनु एकु देखि सुर हरषे । फिरे सुमन बहु प्रभु पर बरषे ॥

prabhu chana mahum̐ māyā saba kāṭī | jimi rabi uye jāhim̐ tama phāṭī ||
rāvanu eku dekhi sura haraṣe | phire sumana bahu prabhu para baraṣe ||

97.2

भुज उठाइ रघुपति कपि फेरे । फिरे एक एकन्ह तब टेरे ॥
प्रभु बल पाइ भालु कपि धाये । तरल तमकि सञ्जुग-महि आये ॥

bhuja uṭhāi raghupati kapi phere | phire eka ekanha taba ṭere ||
prabhu bala pāi bhālu kapi dhāye | tarala tamaki sañjuga-mahi āye ||

97.3

अस्तुति करत देवतन्हि देखें । भयउँ एक में इन्ह के लेखें ॥
सठहु सदा तुम्ह मोर मरायल । अस कहि कोपि गगन पथ धायल ॥

astuti karata devatanhi dekheṃ | bhayaum̐ eka meṃ inha ke lekheṃ ||
saṭhahu sadā tumha mora marāyala | asa kahi kopi gagana patha dhāyala ||

97.4

हाहाकार करत सुर भागे । खलहु जाहु कहँ मोरें आगे ॥
देखि बिकल सुर अङ्गद धायो । कूदि चरन गहि भूमि गिरायो ॥

hāhākāra karata sura bhāge | khalahu jāhu kaham̐ moreṃ āge ||
dekhi bikala sura aṅgada dhāyo | kūdi carana gahi bhūmi girāyo ||

97.छं॰ 1Chhand

गहि भूमि पार्यो लात मार्, बालि-सुत प्रभु पहिँ गयो ।
सँभारि उठि दसकंठ घोर कठोर रव गर्जत भयो ॥
करि दाप चाप चढ़ाई दस सन्धानि तर बहु बरई ।
किए सकल भट घायल भयाकुल, देखि निज बल हरषई ॥

gahi bhūmi pāryo lāta mār, bāli-suta prabhu pahim̐ gayo |
sam̐bhāri uṭhi dasakaṃṭha ghora kaṭhora rava garjata bhayo ||
kari dāpa cāpa car̤hāī dasa sandhāni tara bahu baraī |
kie sakala bhaṭa ghāyala bhayākula, dekhi nija bala haraṣaī ||

दो॰ 97Doha

तब रघुपति रावन के सीस भुजा सर चाप ।
काटे बहुत बढ़े पुनि, जिमि तीरथ कर पाप ॥

taba raghupati rāvana ke sīsa bhujā sara cāpa |
kāṭe bahuta bar̤he puni, jimi tīratha kara pāpa ||

Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0