Doha 163
सुनि सत्रुघुन मातु कुटिलाई। जरहिं गात रिस कछु न बसाई॥ तेहि अवसर कुबरी तहँ आई। बसन बिभूषन बिबिध बनाई॥१॥
लखि रिस भरेउ लखन लघु भाई। बरत अनल घृत आहुति पाई॥ हुमगि लात तकि कूबर मारा। परि मुह भर महि करत पुकारा॥२॥
कूबर टूटेउ फूट कपारू। दलित दसन मुख रुधिर प्रचारू॥ आह दइअ मैं काह नसावा। करत नीक फलु अनइस पावा॥३॥
सुनि रिपुहन लखि नख सिख खोटी। लगे घसीटन धरि धरि झोंटी॥ भरत दयानिधि दीन्हि छड़ाई। कौसल्या पहिं गे दोउ भाई॥४॥
Meaning
When Śatrughna heard of mother Kaikeyī’s perfidy, he burned all over with rage; but there was no help. That very moment came the hunchback Mantharā, clad in a variety of rich costumes and adorned with various ornaments. (1) The very sight of that woman filled Lakṣmaṇa’s younger brother with anger as though clarified butter had been poured into fire. Springing forward he kicked her with such steady aim at the hump that she fell flat on her face and screamed aloud. (2) Her hump was smashed, her head split and her teeth broken and her mouth emitted blood. “Ah, my God! what harm have I done? Surely this is an ill-recompense for my services.” (3) Hearing this and seeing her vile from head to foot, Śatrughna (the slayer of his foes) seized her by the hair on her head and began to drag her till the merciful Bharata got her released. The two brothers then called on mother Kausalyā. (4)
मलिन बसन बिबरन बिकल कृस सरीर दुख भार। कनक कलप बर बेलि बन मानहुँ हनी तुसार॥१६३॥
Meaning
In sordid attire, pale, agitated and oppressed with woe and with a wasted frame, she looked like a lovely celestial creeper of gold blasted by frost in the forest. (163)
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