Doha 1
Śrī Rāma’s meeting with Hanumān and the conclusion of an alliance between Śrī Rāma and Sugrīva
आगें चले बहुरि रघुराया। रिष्यमूक पर्बत निअराया॥ तहँ रह सचिव सहित सुग्रीवा। आवत देखि अतुल बल सींवा॥ १ ॥
अति सभीत कह सुनु हनुमाना। पुरुष जुगल बल रूप निधाना॥ धरि बटु रूप देखु तैं जाई। कहेसु जानि जियँ सयन बुझाई॥२॥
पठए बालि होहिं मन मैला। भागौं तुरत तजौं यह सैला॥ बिप्र रूप धरि कपि तहँ गयऊ। माथ नाइ पूछत अस भयऊ॥३॥
को तुम्ह स्यामल गौर सरीरा। छत्री रूप फिरहु बन बीरा॥ कठिन भूमि कोमल पद गामी। कवन हेतु बिचरहु बन स्वामी॥४॥
मृदुल मनोहर सुंदर गाता। सहत दुसह बन आतप बाता॥ की तुम्ह तीनि देव महँ कोऊ। नर नारायन की तुम्ह दोऊ॥५॥
Meaning
Śrī Raghunātha proceeded still further and approached the Ṛṣyamūka hill. There dwelt Sugrīva (a monkey chief*) with his counsellors. When he saw the two brothers, the highest embodiments of immeasurable strength, (1) * Though monkeys to all appearance, Sugrīva and others were as good as highly civilized men and were incarnations of gods. They could change their form at will and were not only endowed with human speech but were proficient in the arts and sciences. They walked straight, even though they could easily climb up to tree-tops and mountain-summits. They can thus be easily classed as a human tribe or clan. he was extremely alarmed and said (to one of his ministers), “Listen, Hanumān: these two men are repositories of strength and beauty. Disguised as a Brāhmaṇa-celibate go and see them and perceiving their intention in your mind, inform me accordingly by means of signs. (2) “If they have been deputed by the malicious Bāli, I must leave this hill and flee away at once.” Taking the form of a Brāhmaṇa, Hanumān went up to the two brothers and bowing his head, addressed them thus: (3) “Who are you, heroes—one of dark hue, the other fair—that roam about the woods in the attire of Kṣatriyas? Treading the hard ground with your tender feet, wherefore are you wandering in the forest, my masters? (4) “Though possessed of delicate, charming and beautiful limbs, how is it that you have exposed yourself to the scorching sun and stormy winds of these wild regions? Do you count in the Trinity (viz., Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva, the Creator, Preserver and Destroyer of the three worlds) or are you the twin divine sages Nara and Nārāyaṇa?(5)
जग कारन तारन भव भंजन धरनी भार। की तुम्ह अखिल भुवन पति लीन्ह मनुज अवतार॥१॥
Meaning
“Or, are you the Prime Cause of the world and the Lord of all the spheres, manifested in human form to bridge the ocean of mundane existence and relieve the burden of the earth?” (1)
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