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title: "Lanka Kand Doha 15b"
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# Lanka Kand · Doha 15b

**चौ०** 
> पद पाताल सीस अज धामा। अपर लोक अँग अँग बिश्रामा॥  
> भृकुटि बिलास भयंकर काला। नयन दिवाकर कच घन माला॥१॥

**चौ०** 
> जासु घ्रान अस्विनीकुमारा। निसि अरु दिवस निमेष अपारा॥  
> श्रवन दिसा दस बेद बखानी। मारुत स्वास निगम निज बानी॥२॥

**चौ०** 
> अधर लोभ जम दसन कराला। माया हास बाहु दिगपाला॥  
> आनन अनल अंबुपति जीहा। उतपति पालन प्रलय समीहा॥३॥

**चौ०** 
> रोम राजि अष्टादस भारा। अस्थि सैल सरिता नस जारा॥  
> उदर उदधि अधगो जातना। जगमय प्रभु का बहु कलपना॥४॥

Meaning: “The subterranean regions (Pātāla) are His feet and the abode of Brahmā His head; while the other (intermediate) spheres are located in His other limbs. Terrible Death is the mere contraction of His eyebrows, the sun is His eyes and the mass of clouds His locks. (1)

“The twin-born gods Aśvinīkumāras (the celestial physicians) are His nostrils and the alternating days and nights constitute the repeated twinkling of His eyelids; while the ten quarters of the heavens are His ears—so declare the Vedas. The winds are His breath and the Vedas, His own speech; (2)

“Greed are His lips and Yama (the god who sits in judgment on the dead), His dreadful teeth; Māyā (cosmic illusion) is His laughter and the regents* of the ten quarters, His arms; fire is His mouth and Varuṇa (the god presiding over the waters), His tongue; while the creation, preservation and destruction of the universe are His gestures. (3)

* The ten quarters alongwith their regents are named below:

Name of the quarter	Regent
East	Indra (the lord of paradise)
South-East	Agni (the god of fire)
South	Yama (the god who recompenses our deeds after death)
South-West	Nirṛti (the lord of the Rākṣasas of a benevolent type)
West	Varuṇa (the god presiding over the waters)
North-West	Vāyu (the wind-god)
North	Kubera (the god of riches)
North-East	Īśāna (Lord Śiva)
The Upper Region	Brahmā (the Creator)
The Lower Region	Ananta (the serpent-god)

“The eighteen principal species of the vegetable kingdom constitute the pores of hair on His body, the mountains are His bones and the rivers represent the network of His veins. The ocean is His belly and the inferno, His organs of urination and excretion. In short, the universe is a manifestation of the Lord and it is no use going into further details. (4)

**दो०** 
> अहंकार सिव बुद्धि अज मन ससि चित्त महान।  
> मनुज बास सचराचर रूप राम भगवान॥१५(क)॥

**दो०** 
> अस बिचारि सुनु प्रानपति प्रभु सन बयरु बिहाइ।  
> प्रीति करहु रघुबीर पद मम अहिवात न जाइ॥१५(ख)॥

Meaning: “Lord Śiva is His ego, Brahmā His reason, the moon His mind and the great Viṣṇu is His ‘Citta’ (faculty of understanding). It is the same Lord Śrī Rāma, manifested in the form of this animate and inanimate creation, who has assumed a human semblance. (15 A)

“Pondering thus, hear me, O lord of my life, cease hostility with the Lord and cultivate devotion to the feet of Śrī Rāma so that my auspiciousness* (Suhāga) may not desert me.” (15 B)

* Auspiciousness in the eyes of a Hindu lady consists in the longevity of her husband and widowhood is considered as the greatest curse.

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