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# Bal Kand · Doha 268

**चौ०** 
> खरभरु देखि बिकल पुर नारीं । सब मिलि देहिं महीपन्ह गारीं ॥  
> तेहिं अवसर सुनि सिव धनु भंगा । आयउ भृगुकुल कमल पतंगा ॥ १ ॥

**चौ०** 
> देखि महीप सकल सकुचाने । बाज झपट जनु लवा लुकाने ॥  
> गौरि सरीर भूति भल भ्राजा । भाल बिसाल त्रिपुंड बिराजा ॥ २ ॥

**चौ०** 
> सीस जटा ससिबदनु सुहावा । रिसबस कछुक अरुन होइ आवा ॥  
> भृकुटी कुटिल नयन रिस राते । सहजहुँ चितवत मनहुँ रिसाते ॥ ३ ॥

**चौ०** 
> बृषभ कंध उर बाहु बिसाला । चारु जनेउ माल मृगछाला ॥  
> कटि मुनिबसन तून दुइ बाँधें । धनु सर कर कुठारु कल काँधें ॥ ४ ॥

Meaning: Seeing the uproar the women of the city were all distressed and joined in cursing the princes. That very moment arrived the sage, Paraśurāma, a very sun to the lotus-like race of Bhṛgu, led by the news of the breaking of the Śiva’s bow. (1)

At his very sight the kings all cowered down even as a quail would shrink beneath the swoop of a hawk. A coat of ashes looked most charming on his fair body; his broad forehead was adorned with a Tripuṇḍra (a peculiar mark consisting of three horizontal lines, sacred to Śiva). (2)

Having matted locks on the head, his handsome moonlike face was a bit reddened with anger; with knitted brows and eyes inflamed with passion, his natural look gave one the impression that he was enraged. (3)

He had well-built shoulders like those of a bull and a broad chest and long arms; he was adorned with a beautiful sacred thread, rosary and deerskin. With an anchorite’s covering about his loins and a pair of quivers fastened by his side, he held a bow and an arrow in his hands and an axe upon his mighty shoulder. (4)

**दो०** 
> सांत बेषु करनी कठिन बरनि न जाइ सरूप ।  
> धरि मुनितनु जनु बीर रसु आयउ जहँ सब भूप ॥ २६८ ॥

Meaning: Though saintly in attire, he had a terrific record of deeds; his persona, therefore, defied description. It looked as if the heroic sentiment had taken the form of a hermit and arrived where the kings had assembled. (268)

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