Doha 36
कंत समुझि मन तजहु कुमतिही। सोह न समर तुम्हहि रघुपतिही॥ रामानुज लघु रेख खचाई। सोउ नहिं नाघेहु असि मनुसाई॥१॥
पिय तुम्ह ताहि जितब संग्रामा। जाके दूत केर यह कामा॥ कौतुक सिंधु नाघि तव लंका। आयउ कपि केहरी असंका॥२॥
रखवारे हति बिपिन उजारा। देखत तोहि अच्छ तेहिं मारा॥ जारि सकल पुर कीन्हेसि छारा। कहाँ रहा बल गर्ब तुम्हारा॥३॥
अब पति मृषा गाल जनि मारहु। मोर कहा कछु हृदयँ बिचारहु॥ पति रघुपतिहि नृपति जनि मानहु। अग जग नाथ अतुलबल जानहु॥४॥
बान प्रताप जान मारीचा। तासु कहा नहिं मानेहि नीचा॥ जनक सभाँ अगनित भूपाला। रहे तुम्हउ बल अतुल बिसाला॥५॥
भंजि धनुष जानकी बिआही। तब संग्राम जितेहु किन ताही॥ सुरपति सुत जानइ बल थोरा। राखा जिअत आँखि गहि फोरा॥६॥
सूपनखा कै गति तुम्ह देखी। तदपि हृदयँ नहिं लाज बिसेषी॥७॥
Meaning
“Ponder in your mind, my beloved lord, and abandon perversity; your conflict with Śrī Raghunātha is quite out of place. Śrī Rāma’s younger brother, Lakṣmaṇa, had traced a thin line,* that too you could not cross. (1) * It is mentioned in other works that, while leaving Sītā all alone to join Śrī Rāma, who had been out chasing the golden deer, Lakṣmaṇa traced with an end of his shaft a line round Her cottage at Pañcavaṭī with a solemn declaration that any demon whatsoever who dared to cross the line would be instantly reduced to ashes. Availing himself of the opportunity Rāvaṇa made his appearance there in the guise of a mendicant and begged alms of Sītā; and the latter offered to give him alms while keeping within the line. Rāvaṇa, however, refused to accept the alms from within a barrier and carried off Sītā as soon as She overstepped the line-drawn. “Such is your valour! My beloved, do you expect to conquer Him in battle, whose messenger performed such feats? Leaping across the ocean in mere sport, that lion among monkeys fearlessly entered your Laṅkā, (2) “killed your guards and laid waste your garden. Nay, he killed Prince Akṣa under your very nose, and, setting fire to the whole capital, reduced it to ashes. Where did your pride of power remain lurking at that time? (3) “Indulge no more in idle boasts, my lord, and give to my words a little consideration in your mind. Do not imagine that Śrī Raghunātha is a mere earthly king, my master; but know him to be the Ruler of the animate and inanimate creation, unequalled in strength. (4) “The might of His arrows was known even to malicious Mārīca; but you did not heed his words. In Janaka’s court were assembled innumerable kings; you too were present there with your incomparable and enormous strength. (5) “There Śrī Rāma broke Śiva’s bow and won the hand of Jānakī; why did you not conquer Him in battle then? The son of Indra (the lord of celestials), Jayanta, had a taste of His strength when He caught hold of him and spared his life after destroying his one eye. (6) “You also witnessed Sūrpaṇakhā’s condition, yet you did not feel much abashed in your heart. (7)
बधि बिराध खर दूषनहि लीलाँ हत्यो कबंध। बालि एक सर मार्यो तेहि जानहु दसकंध॥३६॥
Meaning
“My ten-headed lord, try to comprehend Him, who, having slain Virādha as well as Khara and Dūṣaṇa, killed Kabandha in mere sport and disposed of Bāli with a single arrow. (36)
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