Doha 1
यह लघु जलधि तरत कति बारा। अस सुनि पुनि कह पवनकुमारा॥ प्रभु प्रताप बड़वानल भारी। सोषेउ प्रथम पयोनिधि बारी॥ १ ॥
तव रिपु नारि रुदन जल धारा। भरेउ बहोरि भयउ तेहिं खारा॥ सुनि अति उकुति पवनसुत केरी। हरषे कपि रघुपति तन हेरी॥ २ ॥
जामवंत बोले दोउ भाई। नल नीलहि सब कथा सुनाई॥ राम प्रताप सुमिरि मन माहीं। करहु सेतु प्रयास कछु नाहीं॥ ३ ॥
बोलि लिए कपि निकर बहोरी। सकल सुनहु बिनती कछु मोरी॥ राम चरन पंकज उर धरहू। कौतुक एक भालु कपि करहू॥ ४ ॥
धावहु मर्कट बिकट बरूथा। आनहु बिटप गिरिन्ह के जूथा॥ सुनि कपि भालु चले करि हूहा। जय रघुबीर प्रताप समूहा॥ ५ ॥
Meaning
“It will take no time to cross this insignificant sea!” Hearing this Hanumān, the son of the wind-god, added: “My lord’s glory is a great marine fire that had long since sucked up the water of the ocean. (1) “But it was filled up again by the flood of tears shed by Your enemies’ wives; that is how it came to be saltish in taste.” When the monkeys present there heard this hyperbolic remark made by Hanumān, they gazed on the person of Śrī Raghunātha and all were happy. (2) Jāmbavān called the two brothers, Nala and Nīla, and related to them the whole story. “Calling to mind the glory of Śrī Rāma start building the bridge and you will experience no difficulty.” (3) He then called the monkey-troops and said, “Hear, all of you, a small request of mine. Enshrine in your heart the lotus-feet of Śrī Rāma and engage yourself in a sport, you bears and monkeys all. (4) “Go forth, you formidable monkey troops and bring heaps of trees and mountains.” On hearing this command the monkeys and bears set forth shouting hurrahs and exclaiming, ‘Victory to the all-glorious Śrī Raghuvīra!’ (5)
अति उतंग गिरि पादप लीलहिं लेहिं उठाइ। आनि देहिं नल नीलहि रचहिं ते सेतु बनाइ॥ १ ॥
Meaning
They would lift up gigantic trees and mountains in mere sport and bring them to Nala and Nīla, who in their turn carefully set them to build the bridge. (1)
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