जानउँ मैं तुम्हारि प्रभुताई । सहसबाहु सन परी लराई ॥
समर बालि सन करि जसु पावा । सुनि कपि बचन बिहँसि बिहरावा ॥
jānaum̐ maiṃ tumhāri prabhutāī | sahasabāhu sana parī larāī ||
samara bāli sana kari jasu pāvā | suni kapi bacana biham̐si biharāvā ||
Sundara Kanda
Chapter 22: Hanuman counsels Ravana to return Sita
6 verses · 22 of 60
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Hanuman counsels Ravana to return Sita
I know your greatness, says Hanuman: you fought Sahasrabahu and earned fame against Vali. Ravana laughs off the barb. I ate fruit from hunger, Hanuman goes on, and broke trees as monkeys do. Everyone loves his body; those who struck me I struck, and then your son bound me. I feel no shame in bonds; I only want to do my master's work. With joined hands I beg you, Ravana: drop your pride, think of your line, and worship Him who removes His devotees' fear. Never make an enemy of the One whom Death dreads. Give back Janaki. Raghunayak, ocean of mercy, will forget your offence and shelter you.
खायउँ फल प्रभु लागी भूँखा । कपि सुभाव तेँ तोरेउँ रूखा ॥
सब कें देह परम प्रिय स्वामी । मारहिँ मोहि कुमारग-गामी ॥
khāyaum̐ phala prabhu lāgī bhūm̐khā | kapi subhāva tem̐ toreum̐ rūkhā ||
saba keṃ deha parama priya svāmī | mārahim̐ mohi kumāraga-gāmī ||
जिन्ह मोहि मारा ते मैं मारे । तेहि पर बाँधेउ तनयँ तुम्हारे ॥
मोहि न कछु बाँधे कइ लाजा । कीन्ह चहउँ निज प्रभु कर काजा ॥
jinha mohi mārā te maiṃ māre | tehi para bām̐dheu tanayam̐ tumhāre ||
mohi na kachu bām̐dhe kai lājā | kīnha cahaum̐ nija prabhu kara kājā ||
बिनती करउँ जोरि कर रावन । सुनहु मान तजि मोर सिखावन ॥
देखहु तुम्ह निज कुलहि बिचारी । भ्रम तजि भजहु भगत भय हारी ॥
binatī karaum̐ jori kara rāvana | sunahu māna taji mora sikhāvana ||
dekhahu tumha nija kulahi bicārī | bhrama taji bhajahu bhagata bhaya hārī ||
जाकें डर अति काल डेराई । जो सुर असुर चराचर खाई ॥
तासोँ बैर कबहुँ नहिं कीजै । मोरे कहें जानकी दीजै ॥
jākeṃ ḍara ati kāla ḍerāī | jo sura asura carācara khāī ||
tāsom̐ baira kabahum̐ nahiṃ kījai | more kaheṃ jānakī dījai ||
प्रनतपाल रघुनायक, करुना सिन्धु खरारि ।
गये सरन प्रभु राखिहैं, तव अपराध बिसारि ॥
pranatapāla raghunāyaka, karunā sindhu kharāri |
gaye sarana prabhu rākhihaiṃ, tava aparādha bisāri ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0