Doha 30
अब जनि बतबढ़ाव खल करही। सुनु मम बचन मान परिहरही॥ दसमुख मैं न बसीठीं आयउँ। अस बिचारि रघुबीर पठायउँ॥१॥
बार बार अस कहइ कृपाला। नहिं गजारि जसु बधें सृकाला॥ मन महुँ समुझि बचन प्रभु केरे। सहेउँ कठोर बचन सठ तेरे॥२॥
नाहिं त करि मुख भंजन तोरा। लै जातेउँ सीतहि बरजोरा॥ जानेउँ तव बल अधम सुरारी। सूनें हरि आनिहि परनारी॥३॥
तैं निसिचरपति गर्ब बहूता। मैं रघुपति सेवक कर दूता॥ जौं न राम अपमानहि डरऊँ। तोहि देखत अस कौतुक करऊँ॥४॥
Meaning
“Cease wrangling any more, O wretch; listen to my advice and have done away with pride. I have not come to you as an envoy (to seek terms with you), O ten-headed monster; Raghuvīra has sent me for other considerations. (1) “The All-merciful has said again and again: ‘A lion earns no esteem by killing a jackal.’ Bearing in mind the words of my lord I have suffered, O fool, your pungent speech. (2) “Otherwise, I would have smashed your jaws and taken back Sītā by force. I have judged your strength, O vile enemy of heaven, from the very fact that you carried off another’s wife while she was all alone (and unprotected). (3) “You are the lord of demons and exceedingly haughty, while I am a messenger of one of Śrī Rāma’s servants (Sugrīva). If I were not afraid of causing insult to Śrī Rāma, I would have wrought this wonder before your very eyes: (4)
तोहि पटकि महि सेन हति चौपट करि तव गाउँ। तव जुबतिन्ह समेत सठ जनकसुतहि लै जाउँ॥३०॥
Meaning
“Dashing you to the ground, exterminating your army and laying waste your town, O fool, I would have taken away Jānakī alongwith your young wives. (30)
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