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title: "Lanka Kand Doha 68"
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# Lanka Kand · Doha 68

**चौ०** 
> कर सारंग साजि कटि भाथा। अरि दल दलन चले रघुनाथा॥  
> प्रथम कीन्हि प्रभु धनुष टँकोरा। रिपु दल बधिर भयउ सुनि सोरा॥१॥

**चौ०** 
> सत्यसंध छाँड़े सर लच्छा। कालसर्प जनु चले सपच्छा॥  
> जहँ तहँ चले बिपुल नाराचा। लगे कटन भट बिकट पिसाचा॥२॥

**चौ०** 
> कटहिं चरन उर सिर भुजदंडा। बहुतक बीर होहिं सत खंडा॥  
> घुर्मि घुर्मि घायल महि परहीं। उठि संभारि सुभट पुनि लरहीं॥३॥

**चौ०** 
> लागत बान जलद जिमि गाजहिं। बहुतक देखि कठिन सर भाजहिं॥  
> रुंड प्रचंड मुंड बिनु धावहिं। धरु धरु मारु मारु धुनि गावहिं॥४॥

Meaning: Taking His famous bow, known by the name of Sārṅga, in His hand and with a quiver fastened to His back, Śrī Raghunātha went forth to crush the enemy’s ranks. The Lord first twanged His bow: the sound was so piercing that the enemy host was deafened on hearing it. (1)

Śrī Rāma of unfailing resolve discharged a hundred thousand arrows, which sped like winged cobras. Numerous arrows flew in every direction; fierce demon warriors began to be mowed down. (2)

Feet, chest, head and arms were dismembered; while many a hero was cut into hundreds of pieces. Whirling round and round, the wounded fell to the ground; the heroes among them rose and, recovering themselves, would join battle again. (3)

They thundered like clouds even as the arrows struck them; while many of them took to flight at the very sight of the terrible arrows. Headless trunks rushed fiercely on with the cries of “Seize, seize, kill, kill.” (4)

**दो०** 
> छन महुँ प्रभु के सायकन्हि काटे बिकट पिसाच।  
> पुनि रघुबीर निषंग महुँ प्रबिसे सब नाराच॥६८॥

Meaning: In a trice the Lord’s arrows mowed down the terrible demon host. All the arrows then made their way back into Śrī Rāma’s quiver. (68)

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