ये कपि सब सुग्रीव समाना । इन्ह सम कोटिन्ह गनइ को नाना ॥
राम कृपाँ अतुलित बल तिन्हहीँ । तृन समान त्रेलोकहि गनहीं ॥
ye kapi saba sugrīva samānā | inha sama koṭinha ganai ko nānā ||
rāma kṛpām̐ atulita bala tinhahīm̐ | tṛna samāna trelokahi ganahīṃ ||
Sundara Kanda
Chapter 55: Eighteen padma monkey captains
5 verses · 55 of 60
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Eighteen padma monkey captains
Each is as strong as Sugriva, says the spy, and by Rama's grace they reckon the three worlds as straw. I have heard, Dashakandhar, that the monkey captains number eighteen padma. Lord, there is no monkey in that army who could not beat you in battle. They wring their hands in fury, but Raghunath gives no order. We will dry up the sea with its fish and serpents, they say, or else fill it with great mountains, and crush the ten-headed one into dust. They roar and threaten without a trace of fear, as if they would swallow Lanka. All the bears and monkeys are born heroes, and over them stands Lord Rama; they could defeat a crore of Ravana's deaths in battle.
अस मैं सुना स्रवन सुना दसकन्धर । पदुम अठारह जूथप बन्दर ॥
नाथ कटक महँ सो कपि नाहीँ । जो न तुम्हहिँ जीतै रन माहीं ॥
asa maiṃ sunā sravana sunā dasakandhara | paduma aṭhāraha jūthapa bandara ||
nātha kaṭaka maham̐ so kapi nāhīm̐ | jo na tumhahim̐ jītai rana māhīṃ ||
परम क्रोध मीजहिँ सब हाथा । आयसु पै न देहिँ रघुनाथा ॥
सोखहिँ सिन्धु सहित झष ब्याला । पूरहिँ न त भरि कुधर बिसाला ॥
parama krodha mījahim̐ saba hāthā | āyasu pai na dehim̐ raghunāthā ||
sokhahim̐ sindhu sahita jhaṣa byālā | pūrahim̐ na ta bhari kudhara bisālā ||
मर्दि गर्द मिलवहिँ दससीसा । ऐसइ बचन कहहिँ सब कीसा ॥
गर्जहिँ तर्जहिँ सहज असङ्का । मानहुँ ग्रसन चहत हहिँ लङ्का ॥
mardi garda milavahim̐ dasasīsā | aisai bacana kahahim̐ saba kīsā ||
garjahim̐ tarjahim̐ sahaja asaṅkā | mānahum̐ grasana cahata hahim̐ laṅkā ||
सहज सूर कपि भालु सब, पुनि सिर पर प्रभु राम ।
रावन काल कोटि कहँ, जीति सकहिँ संग्राम ॥
sahaja sūra kapi bhālu saba, puni sira para prabhu rāma |
rāvana kāla koṭi kaham̐, jīti sakahim̐ saṃgrāma ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0