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# Bal Kand · Doha 183

The piteous appeal of mother Earth and other gods

**चौ०** 
> इंद्रजीत सन जो कछु कहेऊ। सो सब जनु पहिलेहिं करि रहेऊ॥  
> प्रथमहिं जिन्ह कहुँ आयसु दीन्हा। तिन्ह कर चरित सुनहु जो कीन्हा॥१॥

**चौ०** 
> देखत भीमरूप सब पापी। निसिचर निकर देव परितापी॥  
> करहिं उपद्रव असुर निकाया। नाना रूप धरहिं करि माया॥२॥

**चौ०** 
> जेहि बिधि होइ धर्म निर्मूला। सो सब करहिं बेद प्रतिकूला॥  
> जेहिं जेहिं देस धेनु द्विज पावहिं। नगर गाउँ पुर आगि लगावहिं॥३॥

**चौ०** 
> सुभ आचरन कतहुँ नहिं होई। देव बिप्र गुरु मान न कोई॥  
> नहिं हरिभगति जग्य तप ग्याना। सपनेहुँ सुनिअ न बेद पुराना॥४॥

Meaning: Whatever Rāvaṇa told Indrajīt to do was done by him sooner, as it were, than the former uttered the command. Now hear what they did who had been ordered by him even earlier. (1)

The whole demon crew, sinful at heart and of terrible aspect, were the tormentors of gods. Roaming at night, they did outrages of various kinds and assumed diverse forms through their delusive power. (2)

They acted in everyway contrary to Veda and did everything in their power to eradicate religion, root and branch. Wherever they found cows or Brāhmaṇas, they set fire to that city, town or village. (3)

Virtuous acts were nowhere to be seen. (Out of fear) no one paid any respect to the gods, the Brāhmaṇas and the spiritual preceptors. There was no devotion to Śrī Hari, no sacrificial performances, no austerities and no spiritual wisdom. No one could even dream of listening to the Vedas or the Purāṇas. (4)

**छं०** 
> जप जोग बिरागा तप मख भागा श्रवन सुनइ दससीसा।  
> आपुनु उठि धावइ रहै न पावइ धरि सब घालइ खीसा॥  
> अस भ्रष्ट अचारा भा संसारा धर्म सुनिअ नहिं काना।  
> तेहि बहुबिधि त्रासइ देस निकासइ जो कह बेद पुराना॥

Meaning: If ever any talk of Japa (muttering of sacred formulas ‘मंत्र’), Yoga (control of mind), dispassion, penance or of oblations to gods in a sacrifice (Yajña) reached Rāvaṇa’s ears, he would at once be on his feet and run to stop them. He would allow nothing of these and would destroy everything he laid his hands upon. There was such degradation in the world that no talk of piety or religious activity could be heard anywhere. Whoever recited the Vedas or the Purāṇas was tormented in manifold ways and was sent into exile.

**सो०** 
> बरनि न जाइ अनीति घोर निसाचर जो करहिं।  
> हिंसा पर अति प्रीति तिन्ह के पापहि कवनि मिति॥ १८३ ॥

Meaning: The terrible outrages the demons indulged in beggar description. There is no limit to the evil-doings of those who hold violence most dear to their heart. (183)

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