Doha 24
कतहुँ होइ निसिचर सैं भेंटा। प्रान लेहिं एक एक चपेटा॥ बहु प्रकार गिरि कानन हेरहिं। कोउ मुनि मिलइ ताहि सब घेरहिं॥१॥
लागि तृषा अतिसय अकुलाने। मिलइ न जल घन गहन भुलाने॥ मन हनुमान कीन्ह अनुमाना। मरन चहत सब बिनु जल पाना॥२॥
चढ़ि गिरि सिखर चहूँ दिसि देखा। भूमि बिबर एक कौतुक पेखा॥ चक्रबाक बक हंस उड़ाहीं। बहुतक खग प्रबिसहिं तेहि माहीं॥३॥
गिरि ते उतरि पवनसुत आवा। सब कहुँ लै सोइ बिबर देखावा॥ आगें कै हनुमंतहि लीन्हा। पैठे बिबर बिलंबु न कीन्हा॥४॥
Meaning
If at any place they came across some demon they would take his life by a single slap. They looked into every recess of forests and hills; and if they met any hermit they would all surround him. (1) Presently they felt much oppressed with thirst; but water could not be found anywhere and they also lost their way in the dense forest. Hanumān thought to himself that without water to drink all would die. (2) Climbing a hill-top he looked all around and noticing a cavity in the ground saw a strange phenomenon there. Cakravākas, herons and swans hovered at its mouth and a number of other birds were making their way into it. (3) Coming down the hill Hanumān, the son of the wind-god, took them all and showed them the cavern. They placed Hanumān at their head and entered the cave without further loss of time. (4)
दीख जाइ उपबन बर सर बिगसित बहु कंज। मंदिर एक रुचिर तहँ बैठि नारि तप पुंज॥२४॥
Meaning
Going further, they saw a lovely garden and a lake with many full-blown lotuses. There stood a beautiful temple close by, where sat a woman who was austerity-incarnate.(24)
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