जात पवन सुत देवन्ह देखा । जानइ कहँ बल बुद्धि बिसेखा ॥
सुरसा नाम अहिन्ह कै माता । पठइन्हि आइ कही तेहिं बाता ॥
jāta pavana suta devanha dekhā | jānai kaham̐ bala buddhi bisekhā ||
surasā nāma ahinha kai mātā | paṭhainhi āi kahī tehiṃ bātā ||
Sundara Kanda
Chapter 2: Surasa tests Hanuman's strength and wit
7 verses · 2 of 60
What happens in this chapter
Surasa tests Hanuman's strength and wit
The devas want to know the measure of Hanuman's strength and wisdom, so they send Surasa, mother of the serpents. The gods have given you to me as food today, she says. Hanuman answers gently: let me finish Rama's work and bring the Lord news of Sita, then I will come and enter your mouth myself; let me go, mother. She will not. She opens her jaws a yojana wide and he grows to two; at sixteen he becomes thirty-two, always double her size. At a hundred yojanas he turns tiny, goes in, comes out and bows for leave. Surasa says she has found the secret of his strength and wit, blesses him to complete all of Rama's work, and goes.
आजु सुरन्ह मोहि दीन्ह अहारा । सुनत बचन कहें पवन-कुमारा ॥
राम-काज करि फिरि में आवउँ । सीता कै सुधि प्रभुहि सुनावउँ ॥
āju suranha mohi dīnha ahārā | sunata bacana kaheṃ pavana-kumārā ||
rāma-kāja kari phiri meṃ āvaum̐ | sītā kai sudhi prabhuhi sunāvaum̐ ||
तब तव बदन पैठिहउँ आई । सत्य कहउँ मोहि जान दे माई ॥
कवनेहुँ जतन देइ नहिं जाना । ग्रससि न मोहि कहेउ हनुमाना ॥
taba tava badana paiṭhihaum̐ āī | satya kahaum̐ mohi jāna de māī ||
kavanehum̐ jatana dei nahiṃ jānā | grasasi na mohi kaheu hanumānā ||
जोजन भरि तेहिं बदन पसारा । कपि तनु कीन्ह दुगुन विस्तारा ॥
सोरह जोजन मुख तेहिं ठयऊ । तुरत पवन-सुत बत्तिस भयऊ ॥
jojana bhari tehiṃ badana pasārā | kapi tanu kīnha duguna vistārā ||
soraha jojana mukha tehiṃ ṭhayaū | turata pavana-suta battisa bhayaū ||
जस जस सुरसा बदन बढ़ावा । तासु दून कपि रूप देखावा ॥
सत जोजन तेहिं आनन कीन्हा । अति लघु रूप पवन-सुत लीन्हा ॥
jasa jasa surasā badana bar̤hāvā | tāsu dūna kapi rūpa dekhāvā ||
sata jojana tehiṃ ānana kīnhā | ati laghu rūpa pavana-suta līnhā ||
बदन पइठि पुनि बाहेर आवा । माँगा बिदा ताहि सिर नावा ॥
मोहि सुरन्ह जेहि लागि पठावा । बुधि-बल-मरम तोर मैं पावा ॥
badana paiṭhi puni bāhera āvā | mām̐gā bidā tāhi sira nāvā ||
mohi suranha jehi lāgi paṭhāvā | budhi-bala-marama tora maiṃ pāvā ||
राम काजु सब करिहहु, तुम्ह बल-बुद्धि-निधान ।
आसिष देइ गई सो, हरषि चलेउ हनुमान ॥
rāma kāju saba karihahu, tumha bala-buddhi-nidhāna |
āsiṣa dei gaī so, haraṣi caleu hanumāna ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0