चलेउ नाइ सिर पैठेउ बागा । फल खाएसि तरु तोरैं लागा ॥
रहे तहाँ बहु भट रखवारे । कछु मारेसि कछु जाइ पुकारे ॥
caleu nāi sira paiṭheu bāgā | phala khāesi taru toraiṃ lāgā ||
rahe tahām̐ bahu bhaṭa rakhavāre | kachu māresi kachu jāi pukāre ||
Sundara Kanda
Chapter 18: The grove laid waste, Akshaya Kumar slain
5 verses · 18 of 60
What happens in this chapter
The grove laid waste, Akshaya Kumar slain
Hanuman bows, enters the garden, eats the fruit and starts breaking trees. Some guards he kills; others run to Ravana: lord, a huge monkey has wrecked the Ashoka grove, eaten the fruit, uprooted trees and crushed the keepers. Ravana sends warriors; Hanuman roars and destroys them, and a few flee half-dead. Next comes Akshaya Kumar with a vast force. Hanuman seizes a tree, challenges him, strikes him down and roars. Some he kills, some he crushes, some he grinds into dust, and survivors run back crying: lord, this monkey's strength is enormous.
नाथ एक आवा कपि भारी । तेहिं असोक बाटिका उजारी ॥
खाएसि फल अरु बिटप उपारे । रच्छक मर्दि मर्दि महि डारे ॥
nātha eka āvā kapi bhārī | tehiṃ asoka bāṭikā ujārī ||
khāesi phala aru biṭapa upāre | racchaka mardi mardi mahi ḍāre ||
सुनि रावन पठये भट नाना । तिन्हहिँ देखि गर्जेउ हनुमाना ॥
सब रजनीचर कपि सङ्घारे । गये पुकारत कछु अधमारे ॥
suni rāvana paṭhaye bhaṭa nānā | tinhahim̐ dekhi garjeu hanumānā ||
saba rajanīcara kapi saṅghāre | gaye pukārata kachu adhamāre ||
पुनि पठयउ तेहिं अच्छकुमारा । चला सङ्ग लै सुभट अपारा ॥
आवत देखि बिटप गहि तर्जा । ताहि निपाति महाधुनि गर्जा ॥
puni paṭhayau tehiṃ acchakumārā | calā saṅga lai subhaṭa apārā ||
āvata dekhi biṭapa gahi tarjā | tāhi nipāti mahādhuni garjā ||
कछु मारेसि कछु मर्देसि, कछु मिलएसि धरि धूरि ।
कछु पुनि जाइ पुकारे, प्रभु मर्कट बल-भूरि ॥
kachu māresi kachu mardesi, kachu milaesi dhari dhūri |
kachu puni jāi pukāre, prabhu markaṭa bala-bhūri ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0