Doha 176
काल पाइ मुनि सुनु सोइ राजा। भयउ निसाचर सहित समाजा॥ दस सिर ताहि बीस भुजदंडा। रावन नाम बीर बरिबंडा॥१॥
भूप अनुज अरिमर्दन नामा। भयउ सो कुंभकरन बलधामा॥ सचिव जो रहा धरमरुचि जासू। भयउ बिमात्र बंधु लघु तासू॥२॥
नाम बिभीषन जेहि जग जाना। बिष्नुभगत बिग्यान निधाना॥ रहे जे सुत सेवक नृप केरे। भए निसाचर घोर घनेरे॥३॥
कामरूप खल जिनस अनेका। कुटिल भयंकर बिगत बिबेका॥ कृपा रहित हिंसक सब पापी। बरनि न जाहिं बिस्व परितापी॥४॥
Meaning
O sage, in due time, I tell you, this king, with his family, was born as a demon. He had ten heads and twenty arms. His name was Rāvaṇa; he was a formidable hero. (1) The king’s younger brother, Arimardana by name, became the powerful Kumbhakarṇa. His minister, who was known as Dharmaruci, became Rāvaṇa’s younger half-brother, (2) Vibhīṣaṇa by name, who is known to the whole world as a devotee of God Viṣṇu and a repository of wisdom. And the king’s sons and servants were born as a fierce demon crew. (3) These wretches could take any shape they liked and belonged to various orders. They were all wicked, monstrous and devoid of sense and were ruthless, bloody and sinful. They were a torment to all creation beyond description. (4)
उपजे जदपि पुलस्त्यकुल पावन अमल अनूप। तदपि महीसुर श्राप बस भए सकल अघरूप॥१७६॥
Meaning
Even though they were born in the incomparably pure and holy lineage of the sage Pulastya, yet, on account of the Brāhmaṇas’ curse they all became embodiments of sin. (176)
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