Uttara Kanda

Chapter 67: Bhushundi retells Sundara and the war

6 verses · 67 of 130

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Bhushundi retells Sundara and the war

Bhushundi's account to Garuda, as Bhagwan Shiva relates it, runs on. He told how the monkey king sent out the vanaras and they ran in every direction searching for Sita; how they entered the cave and then met Sampati. Hearing the whole tale, Hanuman leapt the boundless ocean, entered Lanka, gave Sita courage, wrecked the grove, counselled Ravana, burned the city and leapt back. The vanaras came to Raghurai with news of Vaidehi's welfare. Then the army reached the shore, Vibhishana came and met the Lord, and the sea was humbled. The bridge was built and the host crossed; Angada went as envoy; the battle of rakshasas and vanaras was told in many ways, with the might and the fall of Kumbhakarna and Meghanada.

67.1

जेहि विधि कपिपति कीस पठाये । सीता खोज सकल दिसि धाये ॥
बिबर प्रबेस कीन्ह जेहि भाँती । कपिन्ह बहोरि मिला सम्पाती ॥

jehi vidhi kapipati kīsa paṭhāye | sītā khoja sakala disi dhāye ||
bibara prabesa kīnha jehi bhām̐tī | kapinha bahori milā sampātī ||

67.2

सुनि सब कथा समीरकुमारा । नाघत भयउ पयोधि अपारा ॥
लंकाँ कपि प्रबेस जिमि कीन्हा । पुनि सीतहि धीरज जिमि दीन्हा ॥

suni saba kathā samīrakumārā | nāghata bhayau payodhi apārā ||
laṃkām̐ kapi prabesa jimi kīnhā | puni sītahi dhīraja jimi dīnhā ||

67.3

बन उजारि रावनहि प्रबोधी । पुर दहि नाघेउ बहुरि पयोधी ॥
आये कपि सब जहँ रघुराई । बैदेही कि कुसल सुनाई ॥

bana ujāri rāvanahi prabodhī | pura dahi nāgheu bahuri payodhī ||
āye kapi saba jaham̐ raghurāī | baidehī ki kusala sunāī ||

67.4

सेन समेत जथा रघुबीरा । उतरे जाइ बारिनिधि तीरा ॥
मिला बिभीषन जेहि निधि आई । सागर निग्रह कथा सुनाई ॥

sena sameta jathā raghubīrā | utare jāi bārinidhi tīrā ||
milā bibhīṣana jehi nidhi āī | sāgara nigraha kathā sunāī ||

दो॰ 67 (क)Doha

सेतु बाँधि कपि सेन जिमि, उतरी सागर पार ।
गयउ बसीठी बीरबर, जेहि बिधि बालिकुमार ॥

setu bām̐dhi kapi sena jimi, utarī sāgara pāra |
gayau basīṭhī bīrabara, jehi bidhi bālikumāra ||

दो॰ 67 (ख)Doha

निसिचर कीस लराई, बरनिसि बिबिध प्रकार ।
कुम्भकरन घननाद कर, बल पौरुष संघार ॥

nisicara kīsa larāī, baranisi bibidha prakāra |
kumbhakarana ghananāda kara, bala pauruṣa saṃghāra ||

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