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# Lanka Kand · Doha 29

**चौ०** 
> जरत बिलोकेउँ जबहिं कपाला। बिधि के लिखे अंक निज भाला॥  
> नर कें कर आपन बध बाँची। हसेउँ जानि बिधि गिरा असाँची॥१॥

**चौ०** 
> सोउ मन समुझि त्रास नहिं मोरें। लिखा बिरंचि जरठ मति भोरें॥  
> आन बीर बल सठ मम आगें। पुनि पुनि कहसि लाज पति त्यागें॥२॥

**चौ०** 
> कह अंगद सलज्ज जग माहीं। रावन तोहि समान कोउ नाहीं॥  
> लाजवंत तव सहज सुभाऊ। निज मुख निज गुन कहसि न काऊ॥३॥

**चौ०** 
> सिर अरु सैल कथा चित रही। ताते बार बीस तैं कही॥  
> सो भुजबल राखेहु उर घाली। जीतेहु सहसबाहु बलि बाली॥४॥

**चौ०** 
> सुनु मतिमंद देहि अब पूरा। काटें सीस कि होइअ सूरा॥  
> इंद्रजालि कहुँ कहिअ न बीरा। काटइ निज कर सकल सरीरा॥५॥

Meaning: “When as my skulls began to burn I saw the decree of Providence traced on my brow and read that I was going to die at the hands of a mortal, I laughed; for I knew Brahmā’s prophecy to be false. (1)

“I am not afraid in my heart even when I remember this; for (I am sure) Brahmā must have traced the decree in his senile dementia. Yet, you fool, you repeatedly exalt the might of another hero in my presence, giving up all shame and decorum.” (2)

Aṅgada replied: “Yes, there is no one in the whole world so shamefaced as you. You are bashful by your innate disposition, since you never indulge in self-praise! (3)

“Only the story of offering your heads (to Lord Śiva) and lifting the mountain (Kailāsa) has been foremost in your mind and hence you have told it twenty times over. As for (the tale of) that strength of arm by which you were able to conquer Sahasrabāhu, Bali and Bāli, you have kept it secret in your heart. (4)

“Listen, O fool, and brag no more. Can anyone turn a hero by cutting off one’s head? A juggler is never called a hero even though he hacks to pieces his whole body with his own hands. (5)

**दो०** 
> जरहिं पतंग मोह बस भार बहहिं खर बृंद।  
> ते नहिं सूर कहावहिं समुझि देखु मतिमंद॥२९॥

Meaning: “Ponder, O fool, and see for yourself that due to infatuation moths burn themselves in fire and donkeys carry loads; but they are never termed as heroes. (29)

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