एहि बिधि करत सप्रेम बिचारा । आयउ सपदि सिन्धु एहिं पारा ॥
कपिन्ह बिभीषन आवत देखा । जाना कोउ रिपु दूत बिसेखा ॥
ehi bidhi karata saprema bicārā | āyau sapadi sindhu ehiṃ pārā ||
kapinha bibhīṣana āvata dekhā | jānā kou ripu dūta bisekhā ||
Sundara Kanda
Chapter 43: Sugriva doubts, Rama vows to shelter
6 verses · 43 of 60
What happens in this chapter
Sugriva doubts, Rama vows to shelter
Vibhishana soon reaches this shore. The monkeys take him for a special envoy of the enemy, hold him and tell Sugriva: Raghurai, Ravana's brother has come to meet you. What do you think, friend? asks the Lord. A rakshasa's maya cannot be known, says Sugriva; he takes any form at will. The rogue has come to learn our secrets; keep him bound. Your statecraft is sound, friend, Rama replies, but my vow is to remove the fear of those who seek refuge. Hanuman rejoices. Those who abandon a refugee, reckoning their own harm, are base and sinful; even to look at them is a loss.
ताहि राखि कपीस पहिँ आये । समाचार सब ताहि सुनाये ॥
कह सुग्रीव सुनहु रघुराई । आवा मिलन दसानन भाई ॥
tāhi rākhi kapīsa pahim̐ āye | samācāra saba tāhi sunāye ||
kaha sugrīva sunahu raghurāī | āvā milana dasānana bhāī ||
कह प्रभु सखा बूझिऐ काहा । कहइ कपीस सुनहु नरनाहा ॥
जानि न जाइ निसाचर माया । काम-रूप केहि कारन आया ॥
kaha prabhu sakhā būjhiai kāhā | kahai kapīsa sunahu naranāhā ||
jāni na jāi nisācara māyā | kāma-rūpa kehi kārana āyā ||
भेद हमार लेन सठ आवा । राखिअ बांधि मोहि अस भावा ॥
सखा नीति तुम्ह नीकि बिचारी । मम पन सरनागत-भय-हारी ॥
bheda hamāra lena saṭha āvā | rākhia bāṃdhi mohi asa bhāvā ||
sakhā nīti tumha nīki bicārī | mama pana saranāgata-bhaya-hārī ||
सुनि प्रभु बचन हरष हनुमाना । सरनागत बच्छल भगवाना ॥
suni prabhu bacana haraṣa hanumānā | saranāgata bacchala bhagavānā ||
सरनागत कहँ जे तजहिँ, निज अनहित अनुमानि ।
ते नर पावँर पापमय, तिन्हहिं बिलोकत हानि ॥
saranāgata kaham̐ je tajahim̐, nija anahita anumāni |
te nara pāvam̐ra pāpamaya, tinhahiṃ bilokata hāni ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0