पूँछ हीनबानर तहँ जाइहि । तब सठ निज नाथहि लइ आइहि ॥
जिन्ह के कीन्हसि बहुत बड़ाई । देखउँ मैं तिन्ह के प्रभुताई ॥
pūm̐cha hīnabānara taham̐ jāihi | taba saṭha nija nāthahi lai āihi ||
jinha ke kīnhasi bahuta bar̤āī | dekhaum̐ maiṃ tinha ke prabhutāī ||
Sundara Kanda
Chapter 25: The tail is lit, Hanuman grows sky-high
6 verses · 25 of 60
What happens in this chapter
The tail is lit, Hanuman grows sky-high
Let the tailless monkey go home, says Ravana, and bring his master; I want to see the might he praises so. Hanuman smiles inwardly: Sharada herself is helping. Not a cloth, nor ghee, nor oil is left in the city, for the monkey playfully keeps lengthening his tail. Townsfolk crowd to watch, kicking and jeering, beating drums and clapping, parade him round and set the tail ablaze. Hanuman turns tiny, slips his bonds and springs onto the golden rooftops, and the rakshasa women are terrified. Sent by Hari, all forty-nine winds blow. With a great laugh Hanuman roars and swells to touch the sky.
बचन सुनत कपि मन मुसुकाना । भइ सहाय सारद मैं जाना ॥
जातुधान सुनि रावन बचना । लागे रचइ मूढ़ सोइ रचना ॥
bacana sunata kapi mana musukānā | bhai sahāya sārada maiṃ jānā ||
jātudhāna suni rāvana bacanā | lāge racai mūr̤ha soi racanā ||
रहा न नगर बसन घृत तेला । बाढ़ी पूँछि कीन्ह कपि खेला ॥
कौतुक कहँ आये पुर-बासी । मारहिँ चरन करहिँ बहु हाँसी ॥
rahā na nagara basana ghṛta telā | bār̤hī pūm̐chi kīnha kapi khelā ||
kautuka kaham̐ āye pura-bāsī | mārahim̐ carana karahim̐ bahu hām̐sī ||
बाजहिँ ढोल देहिँ सब तारी । नगर, फेरि पुनि पूँछि प्रजारी ॥
पावक जरत देखि हनुमन्ता । भयउ परम लघुरूप तुरन्ता ॥
bājahim̐ ḍhola dehim̐ saba tārī | nagara, pheri puni pūm̐chi prajārī ||
pāvaka jarata dekhi hanumantā | bhayau parama laghurūpa turantā ||
निबुकि चढ़ेउ कपि कनक अटारीं । भई सभीत निसाचर-नारीं ॥
nibuki car̤heu kapi kanaka aṭārīṃ | bhaī sabhīta nisācara-nārīṃ ||
हरि-प्रेरित तेहि अवसर, चले मरुत उनचास ।
अट्टहास करि गर्जा, कपि बढि लाग अकास ॥
hari-prerita tehi avasara, cale maruta unacāsa |
aṭṭahāsa kari garjā, kapi baḍhi lāga akāsa ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0