Doha 34b
मैं तव दसन तोरिबे लायक। आयसु मोहि न दीन्ह रघुनायक॥ असि रिस होति दसउ मुख तोरौं। लंका गहि समुद्र महँ बोरौं॥१॥
गूलरि फल समान तव लंका। बसहु मध्य तुम्ह जंतु असंका॥ मैं बानर फल खात न बारा। आयसु दीन्ह न राम उदारा॥२॥
जुगुति सुनत रावन मुसुकाई। मूढ़ सिखिहि कहँ बहुत झुठाई॥ बालि न कबहुँ गाल अस मारा। मिलि तपसिन्ह तैं भएसि लबारा॥३॥
साँचेहुँ मैं लबार भुज बीहा। जौं न उपारिउँ तव दस जीहा॥ समुझि राम प्रताप कपि कोपा। सभा माझ पन करि पद रोपा॥४॥
जौं मम चरन सकसि सठ टारी। फिरहिं रामु सीता मैं हारी॥ सुनहु सुभट सब कह दससीसा। पद गहि धरनि पछारहु कीसा॥५॥
इंद्रजीत आदिक बलवाना। हरषि उठे जहँ तहँ भट नाना॥ झपटहिं करि बल बिपुल उपाई। पद न टरइ बैठहिं सिरु नाई॥६॥
पुनि उठि झपटहिं सुर आराती। टरइ न कीस चरन एहि भाँती॥ पुरुष कुजोगी जिमि उरगारी। मोह बिटप नहिं सकहिं उपारी॥७॥
Meaning
“I am capable of smashing your jaws; but I have no command from Śrī Raghunātha to do so. Otherwise I feel so enraged that I would break all your ten heads and lifting up Laṅkā drop it into the ocean. (1) “Your Laṅkā is like a fruit of the Udumbara tree; while you are like so many unsuspecting insects that reside in it. A monkey as I am, I would lose no time in eating it; but the gracious Śrī Rāma has not given me the order.” (2) Rāvaṇa smiled to hear this witty remark. “Fool, where did you learn to tell such big lies? Bāli never boasted like this; it seems association with the hermits has made you such a vaunting liar.” (3) “I am a blustering liar, indeed, O monster with twenty arms, if I do not tear out your ten tongues.” Recalling Śrī Rāma’s might Aṅgada grew indignant and firmly planted his foot in the midst of the whole assembly. (4) “If you can but stir my foot, O fool, Śrī Rāma will return forthwith and I shall forgo Sītā as a lost wager.” “Listen, champions all” exclaimed the ten-headed monster, “seize the monkey by the leg and dash him to the ground.” (5) Meghanāda (the vanquisher of Indra) and many other stout warriors rose with delight from their respective seats and rushed with all their might, employing numerous devices; but Aṅgada’s foot refused to stir. They, therefore, resumed their seats with their heads bent low. (6) The demons, enemies of gods, rose again and dashed forward; but Aṅgada’s foot moved no more than a sensually-minded striver, O Garuḍa, the enemy of serpents, is able to uproot the tree of delusion implanted in his heart (continues Kākabhuṣuṇḍi). (7)
कोटिन्ह मेघनाद सम सुभट उठे हरषाइ। झपटहिं टरै न कपि चरन पुनि बैठहिं सिर नाइ॥३४ (क)॥
भूमि न छाँड़त कपि चरन देखत रिपु मद भाग। कोटि बिघ्न ते संत कर मन जिमि नीति न त्याग॥३४ (ख)॥
Meaning
Myriads of great warriors of Meghanāda’s might arose with joy and swooped down; but the monkey’s foot did not budge, and they hung their heads in shame and sat down again. (34 A) Aṅgada’s foot would no more leave the ground than the mind of a saint would give up moral uprightness, even though confronted with innumerable obstacles. The enemy’s (Rāvaṇa) pride was smashed when he witnessed this. (34 B)
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