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title: "Lanka Kand Doha 101b"
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# Lanka Kand · Doha 101b

Final encounter between Śrī Rāma and Rāvaṇa; end of Rāvaṇa; shouts of victory everywhere

**छं०** 
> जब कीन्ह तेहिं पाषंड। भए प्रगट जंतु प्रचंड॥  
> बेताल भूत पिसाच। कर धरें धनु नाराच॥१॥

**छं०** 
> जोगिनि गहें करबाल। एक हाथ मनुज कपाल॥  
> करि सद्य सोनित पान। नाचहिं करहिं बहु गान॥२॥

**छं०** 
> धरु मारु बोलहिं घोर। रहि पूरि धुनि चहुँ ओर॥  
> मुख बाइ धावहिं खान। तब लगे कीस परान॥३॥

**छं०** 
> जहँ जाहिं मर्कट भागि। तहँ बरत देखहिं आगि॥  
> भए बिकल बानर भालु। पुनि लाग बरषै बालु॥४॥

**छं०** 
> जहँ तहँ थकित करि कीस। गर्जेउ बहुरि दससीस॥  
> लछिमन कपीस समेत। भए सकल बीर अचेत॥५॥

**छं०** 
> हा राम हा रघुनाथ। कहि सुभट मीजहिं हाथ॥  
> एहि बिधि सकल बल तोरि। तेहिं कीन्ह कपट बहोरि॥६॥

**छं०** 
> प्रगटेसि बिपुल हनुमान। धाए गहे पाषान॥  
> तिन्ह रामु घेरे जाइ। चहुँ दिसि बरूथ बनाइ॥७॥

**छं०** 
> मारहु धरहु जनि जाइ। कटकटहिं पूँछ उठाइ॥  
> दहँ दिसि लँगूर बिराज। तेहिं मध्य कोसलराज॥८॥

Meaning: As he let loose his illusive power, terrible beings appeared on the scene—goblins, ghosts and ghouls with bows and arrows in their hands. (1)

Yoginīs holding a sword in one hand and a human skull in another, from which they quaffed draughts of fresh blood, danced and sang many a song. (2)

They uttered horrible cries of “Seize and kill!”, which echoed all round. With their mouths wide open they rushed to devour the monkeys, who then took to their heels. (3)

But whithersoever they turned in their flight they saw a blazing fire. The monkeys and bears were thus in a quandary. Then Rāvaṇa began raining on them a shower of sand. (4)

Having thus flabbergasted the monkeys on all sides, the ten-headed monster roared again. All the heroes, including Lakṣmaṇa and Sugrīva (the king of the monkeys), fainted. (5)

The bravest of them wrung their hands, crying “Ah, Rāma! Ah, Raghunātha!” Having thus crushed the might of all, Rāvaṇa wrought another delusion. (6)

He manifested a host of Hanumāns, who rushed forward with rocks in their hands and encircled Śrī Rāma in a dense cordon on every side. (7)

With uplifted tails and gnashing their teeth they shouted, “Seize and kill him; let him not escape!” Surrounded by their tails on every side, the Lord of Kosala shone in their midst. (8)

**छं०** 
> तेहिं मध्य कोसलराज सुंदर स्याम तन सोभा लही।  
> जनु इंद्रधनुष अनेक की बर बारि तुंग तमालही॥  
> प्रभु देखि हरष बिषाद उर सुर बदत जय जय जय करी।  
> रघुबीर एकहिं तीर कोपि निमेष महुँ माया हरी॥१॥

**छं०** 
> माया बिगत कपि भालु हरषे बिटप गिरि गहि सब फिरे।  
> सर निकर छाड़े राम रावन बाहु सिर पुनि महि गिरे॥  
> श्रीराम रावन समर चरित अनेक कल्प जो गावहीं।  
> सत सेष सारद निगम कबि तेउ तदपि पार न पावहीं॥ २ ॥

Meaning: In their midst the King of Kosala with His dark-hued body shone forth as resplendent as a lofty Tamāla tree encircled by a magnificent hedge of multitudinous rainbows. The gods experienced in their heart a mixed feeling of joy and sorrow and raised the cries of “Victory! Victory!! Victory!!!” Śrī Raghuvīra now flew into a rage and with a single arrow instantly wiped away the delusion. (1)

The delusion having vanished, the monkeys and bears rejoiced and all turned back with trees and rocks in their hands. Śrī Rāma shot forth a volley of arrows, which once more cut off Rāvaṇa’s arms and heads to the ground. If hundreds of Śeṣas (serpent-gods), Sarasvatīs (goddesses of speech), the Vedas and bards were to recite the story of the battle between Śrī Rāma and Rāvaṇa and that too for many cycles together, even they would never be able to do justice to it. (2)

**दो०** 
> ताके गुन गन कछु कहे जड़मति तुलसीदास।  
> जिमि निज बल अनुरूप ते माछी उड़इ अकास॥१०१ (क)॥

**दो०** 
> काटे सिर भुज बार बहु मरत न भट लंकेस।  
> प्रभु क्रीड़त सुर सिद्ध मुनि ब्याकुल देखि कलेस॥१०१ (ख)॥

Meaning: The dull-witted Tulasīdāsa has described only a few salient features of that combat just as a fly wings the sky according to its own capacity. (101 A)

The valiant lord of Laṅkā could not be killed even though his heads and arms were struck off many times over. It was simply a pastime for the Lord; while the gods, the Siddhas and the sages were agitated to see the Lord struggling (with him). (101 B)

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