Doha 5
अस कौतुक बिलोकि द्वौ भाई। बिहँसि चले कृपाल रघुराई॥ सेन सहित उतरे रघुबीरा। कहि न जाइ कपि जूथप भीरा॥१॥
सिंधु पार प्रभु डेरा कीन्हा। सकल कपिन्ह कहुँ आयसु दीन्हा॥ खाहु जाइ फल मूल सुहाए। सुनत भालु कपि जहँ तहँ धाए॥२॥
सब तरु फरे राम हित लागी। रितु अरु कुरितु काल गति त्यागी॥ खाहिं मधुर फल बिटप हलावहिं। लंका सन्मुख सिखर चलावहिं॥३॥
जहँ कहुँ फिरत निसाचर पावहिं। घेरि सकल बहु नाच नचावहिं॥ दसनन्हि काटि नासिका काना। कहि प्रभु सुजसु देहिं तब जाना॥४॥
जिन्ह कर नासा कान निपाता। तिन्ह रावनहि कही सब बाता॥ सुनत श्रवन बारिधि बंधाना। दस मुख बोलि उठा अकुलाना॥५॥
Meaning
The gracious Śrī Raghunātha and His brother, Lakṣmaṇa, were delighted at the sight of this amusing spectacle and marched. Śrī Raghuvīra reached the other shore alongwith the host; the throng of monkeys and their chiefs was beyond all description. (1) The Lord encamped Himself across the ocean and commanded all the monkeys to go and regale themselves on the delightful fruits and roots. As soon as they heard this, the bears and monkeys ran off in all directions. (2) All the trees bore fruit in the interest (service) of Śrī Rāma, in season or out of season without any regard to the laws of time. The bears and monkeys would eat the luscious fruit, shake the trees and hurl hill-tops towards Laṅkā. (3) If they ever found a straggling demon anywhere, they all hemmed him in and teased him not a little; nay, they would bite off his nose and ears and let him go only after reciting to him (or making him recite) the Lord’s fair renown. (4) Those who had thus lost their nose and ears went and related everything to Rāvaṇa. The moment he heard that the sea had been bridged, the ten-headed monster exclaimed in consternation with all his tongues at once (using different phraseology with each):—(5)
बाँध्यो बननिधि नीरनिधि जलधि सिंधु बारीस। सत्य तोयनिधि कंपति उदधि पयोधि नदीस॥५॥
Meaning
“What! has he really bridged the waves, the billows, the sea, the ocean, the main, the deep, the brine, the tide, the nyaline, the lord of rivers?” (5)
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