देह बिसाल परम हरुआई । मन्दिर तेँ मन्दिर चढ़ धाई ॥
जरइ नगर भा लोग बिहाला । झपट लपट बहु कोटि कराला ॥
deha bisāla parama haruāī | mandira tem̐ mandira car̤ha dhāī ||
jarai nagara bhā loga bihālā | jhapaṭa lapaṭa bahu koṭi karālā ||
Sundara Kanda
Chapter 26: Lanka burns, Vibhishana's house spared
5 verses · 26 of 60
What happens in this chapter
Lanka burns, Vibhishana's house spared
Huge yet very light, Hanuman runs from palace to palace. The city burns; terrible flames leap by the crore, and cries rise: father, mother, who will save us now? We said it was no monkey, they wail, but a deva in a monkey's form. Such is the fruit of insulting a sadhu: the city burns as if it had no protector. In a moment all Lanka is burnt but Vibhishana's house. Shiva tells Girija why Hanuman did not burn: he is the messenger of the One who created fire. He leaps into the sea, puts out his tail, takes a small form and stands with folded hands before Sita.
तात मातु हा सुनिय पुकारा । एहि अवसर को हमहिँ उबारा ॥
हम जो कहा यह कपि नहिं होई । बानर रूप धरें सुर कोई ॥
tāta mātu hā suniya pukārā | ehi avasara ko hamahim̐ ubārā ||
hama jo kahā yaha kapi nahiṃ hoī | bānara rūpa dhareṃ sura koī ||
साधु अवज्ञा कर फल ऐसा । जरइ नगर अनाथ कर जैसा ॥
जारा नगर निमिष एक माहीँ । एक बिभीषन कर गृह नाहीं ॥
sādhu avajñā kara phala aisā | jarai nagara anātha kara jaisā ||
jārā nagara nimiṣa eka māhīm̐ | eka bibhīṣana kara gṛha nāhīṃ ||
ता कर दूत अनल जेहिं सिरिजा । जरा न सो तेहि कारन गिरिजा ॥
उलटि पलटि लङ्का सब जारी । कूदि परा पुनि सिन्धु मँझारी ॥
tā kara dūta anala jehiṃ sirijā | jarā na so tehi kārana girijā ||
ulaṭi palaṭi laṅkā saba jārī | kūdi parā puni sindhu mam̐jhārī ||
पूँछि बुझाइ खोइ श्रम, धरि लघुरूप बहोरि ।
जनक-सुता के आगें, ठाढ़ भयउ कर जोरि ॥
pūm̐chi bujhāi khoi śrama, dhari laghurūpa bahori |
janaka-sutā ke āgeṃ, ṭhār̤ha bhayau kara jori ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0