Doha 23
सुर नर असुर नाग खग माहीं। मोरे अनुचर कहँ कोउ नाहीं॥ खर दूषन मोहि सम बलवंता। तिन्हहि को मारइ बिनु भगवंता॥ १ ॥
सुर रंजन भंजन महि भारा। जौं भगवंत लीन्ह अवतारा॥ तौ मैं जाइ बैरु हठि करऊँ। प्रभु सर प्रान तजें भव तरऊँ॥ २ ॥
होइहि भजनु न तामस देहा। मन क्रम बचन मंत्र दृढ़ एहा॥ जौं नररूप भूपसुत कोऊ। हरिहउँ नारि जीति रन दोऊ॥ ३ ॥
चला अकेल जान चढ़ि तहवाँ। बस मारीच सिंधु तट जहवाँ॥ इहाँ राम जसि जुगुति बनाई। सुनहु उमा सो कथा सुहाई॥४॥
Meaning
‘Among gods, human beings, demons, Nāgas and birds,’ he thought, ‘there is none who can withstand even my servants. As for Khara and Dūṣaṇa, they were as powerful as myself; who else could have killed them, had it not been the Lord Himself? (1) ‘If, therefore, the Lord Himself, the Delighter of the gods and the Reliever of Earth’s burden, has appeared on earth, I will go and resolutely create enmity with Him and cross the ocean of mundane existence by falling to His arrows. (2) ‘Devotion to god is out of question in this demoniac body, which is made up of Tamas, the principle of ignorance. Therefore, such is my firm resolve in thought, word and deed. And if they happen to be some mortal princes, I shall conquer them both in battle and carry off the bride.’ (3) Having thus made up his mind, he mounted his chariot and drove off alone to the spot where Mārīca was living by the sea-shore. Now, hear, Umā, the lovely account of the device that Śrī Rāma adopted. (4)
लछिमन गए बनहिं जब लेन मूल फल कंद। जनकसुता सन बोले बिहसि कृपा सुख बृंद॥२३॥
Meaning
When Lakṣmaṇa had gone to the woods to gather roots, fruits and bulbs, Śrī Rāma, the very incarnation of compassion and joy, spoke with a smile to Jānakī: (23)
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