Sundara Kanda

Chapter 28: Return across the sea, the Madhuban feast

5 verses · 28 of 60

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Return across the sea, the Madhuban feast

Leaving, Hanuman roars so mightily that the rakshasa women miscarry at the sound. He leaps back across the ocean and gives the monkeys his shout. Seeing him they rejoice as if born anew; his face is glad, his body glows, Ramachandra's work is done. They gather round him like gasping fish that find water, and set off for Raghunayak asking and telling the news. In Madhuban, with Angad's consent, they eat the honey and fruit, and beat the keepers who try to stop them. The keepers run to Sugriva crying that the prince has wrecked the grove, and he is glad: the Lord's work is done.

28.1

चलत महाधुनि गर्जेसि भारी । गर्भ स्त्रवहिं सुनि निसिचर-नारी ॥
नाँघि सिन्धु एहि पारहि आवा । सबद किलकिला कपिन्ह सुनावा ॥

calata mahādhuni garjesi bhārī | garbha stravahiṃ suni nisicara-nārī ||
nām̐ghi sindhu ehi pārahi āvā | sabada kilakilā kapinha sunāvā ||

28.2

हरषे सब बिलोकि हनुमाना । नूतन जनम कपिन्ह तब जाना ॥
मुख प्रसन्न तन तेज बिराजा । कीन्हेसि रामचन्द्र कर काजा ॥

haraṣe saba biloki hanumānā | nūtana janama kapinha taba jānā ||
mukha prasanna tana teja birājā | kīnhesi rāmacandra kara kājā ||

28.3

मिले सकल अति भये सुखारी । तलफत मीन पाव जनु बारी ॥
चले हरषि रघुनायक पासा । पूछत कहत नवल इतिहासा ॥

mile sakala ati bhaye sukhārī | talaphata mīna pāva janu bārī ||
cale haraṣi raghunāyaka pāsā | pūchata kahata navala itihāsā ||

28.4

तब मधुबन भीतर सब आये । अङ्गद सम्मत मधु-फल खाये ॥
रखवारे जब बरजन लागे । मुष्टि प्रहार हनत सब भागे ॥

taba madhubana bhītara saba āye | aṅgada sammata madhu-phala khāye ||
rakhavāre jaba barajana lāge | muṣṭi prahāra hanata saba bhāge ||

दो॰ 28Doha

जाइ पुकारे ते सब, बन उजार जुबराज ।
सुनि सुग्रीव हरष कपि, करि आये प्रभु काज ॥

jāi pukāre te saba, bana ujāra jubarāja |
suni sugrīva haraṣa kapi, kari āye prabhu kāja ||

Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0