लछिमन बान सरासन आनू । सोषौं बारिधि बिसिख-कृसानू ॥
सठ सन बिनय कुटिल सन प्रीति । सहज कृपन सन सुन्दर नीती ॥
lachimana bāna sarāsana ānū | soṣauṃ bāridhi bisikha-kṛsānū ||
saṭha sana binaya kuṭila sana prīti | sahaja kṛpana sana sundara nītī ||
Sundara Kanda
Chapter 58: Rama draws His bow against the sea
5 verses · 58 of 60
What happens in this chapter
Rama draws His bow against the sea
Bring my bow, Lakshmana, says Rama; I will dry the sea with fiery shafts. Humility with a fool, love with the crooked, wisdom to one sunk in attachment, detachment to the greedy, Hari katha to the lustful: all are seed in barren ground. Lakshmana is pleased. As the Lord sets a terrible arrow, fire flares in the deep and its creatures are frantic. Knowing them burning, the Ocean drops his pride and comes as a brahmin bearing a golden plate of jewels. Kakabhushundi tells Garuda: a plantain fruits only when cut, however you water it; the base bow not to entreaty, only to rebuke.
ममता रत सन ज्ञान कहानी । अति लोभी सन बिरति बखानी ॥
क्रोधिहि सम कामिहि हरि कथा । उसर बीज बये फल जथा ॥
mamatā rata sana jñāna kahānī | ati lobhī sana birati bakhānī ||
krodhihi sama kāmihi hari kathā | usara bīja baye phala jathā ||
अस कहि रघुपति चाप बढ़ावा । यह मत लछिमन के मन भावा ॥
संघानेउ प्रभु बिसिख कराला । उठी उदधि उर अन्तर ज्वाला ॥
asa kahi raghupati cāpa bar̤hāvā | yaha mata lachimana ke mana bhāvā ||
saṃghāneu prabhu bisikha karālā | uṭhī udadhi ura antara jvālā ||
मकर उरग झष-गन अकुलाने । जरत जन्तु जलनिधि जब जाने ॥
कनक थार भरि मनि गन नाना । बिप्र रूप आयउ तजि माना ॥
makara uraga jhaṣa-gana akulāne | jarata jantu jalanidhi jaba jāne ||
kanaka thāra bhari mani gana nānā | bipra rūpa āyau taji mānā ||
काटेहिं पै कदरी फरइ, कोटि जतन कोउ सींच ।
विनय न मान खगेस सुनु-डाटेहिं पै नव नीच ॥
kāṭehiṃ pai kadarī pharai, koṭi jatana kou sīṃca |
vinaya na māna khagesa sunu-ḍāṭehiṃ pai nava nīca ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0