Doha 76
जाइ कपिन्ह सो देखा बैसा। आहुति देत रुधिर अरु भैंसा॥ कीन्ह कपिन्ह सब जग्य बिधंसा। जब न उठइ तब करहिं प्रसंसा॥१॥
तदपि न उठइ धरेन्हि कच जाई। लातन्हि हति हति चले पराई॥ लै त्रिसूल धावा कपि भागे। आए जहँ रामानुज आगे॥२॥
आवा परम क्रोध कर मारा। गर्ज घोर रव बारहिं बारा॥ कोपि मरुतसुत अंगद धाए। हति त्रिसूल उर धरनि गिराए॥३॥
प्रभु कहँ छाँड़ेसि सूल प्रचंडा। सर हति कृत अनंत जुग खंडा॥ उठि बहोरि मारुति जुबराजा। हतहिं कोपि तेहि घाउ न बाजा॥४॥
फिरे बीर रिपु मरइ न मारा। तब धावा करि घोर चिकारा॥ आवत देखि क्रुद्ध जनु काला। लछिमन छाड़े बिसिख कराला॥५॥
देखेसि आवत पबि सम बाना। तुरत भयउ खल अंतरधाना॥ बिबिध बेष धरि करइ लराई। कबहुँक प्रगट कबहुँ दुरि जाई॥६॥
देखि अजय रिपु डरपे कीसा। परम क्रुद्ध तब भयउ अहीसा॥ लछिमन मन अस मंत्र दृढ़ावा। एहि पापिहि मैं बहुत खेलावा॥७॥
सुमिरि कोसलाधीस प्रतापा। सर संधान कीन्ह करि दापा॥ छाड़ा बान माझ उर लागा। मरती बार कपटु सब त्यागा॥८॥
Meaning
Arriving there, the monkeys found him squatting and offering oblations of blood and live buffaloes to the sacrificial fire. The monkeys wrecked the whole sacrifice; yet, when the demon refused to stir, they began to ‘applaud’ him (ironically). (1) Even then he did not quit his place; the monkeys thereupon went and caught him by the hair and striking him with their feet one after the other, ran away. He rushed forth, trident in hand, while the monkeys fled before him and came where Śrī Rāma’s younger brother Lakṣmaṇa stood at the head of his army. (2) Driven by the wildest fury he came and shouted with a terrible roar again and again. Hanumān, the son of the wind-god, and Aṅgada darted forward in great indignation: but he struck them on the breast with his trident and felled them to the ground. (3) He then hurled his fierce trident at Lord Lakṣmaṇa, but Ananta (Lakṣmaṇa) intercepted it with his arrow and broke it into two. Meanwhile, Hanumān and Prince Aṅgada had risen again and struck him furiously; but he remained uninjured. (4) When the heroes turned round thinking that the enemy could not be killed in spite of the best efforts, he rushed forth with a terrible yell. When Lakṣmaṇa saw him coming furiously like Death himself, he shot fierce arrows. (5) The wretch, however, vanished out of sight the moment he saw arrows terrible as thunderbolt darting towards him. He fought assuming various forms, now revealing himself and now disappearing. (6) The monkeys were filled with dismay when they saw that the enemy had not been conquered. Lakṣmaṇa (the lord of serpents), thereupon flew into a towering rage. He made a firm resolve in his mind to dispose of the demon; for he thought, ‘I have played with this wretch much too long.’ (7) Recalling the might of Śrī Rāma, he in an exalted and valorous mood set an arrow to his bow and shot it with such steady aim that it struck Meghanāda full in the breast and the demon abandoned all false appearances at the moment of his death. (8)
रामानुज कहँ रामु कहँ अस कहि छाँड़ेसि प्रान। धन्य धन्य तव जननी कह अंगद हनुमान॥७६॥
Meaning
He gave up his ghost with the words “Where is Rāma’s younger brother, Lakṣmaṇa?” “Where is Rāma?” on his lips. “Blessed indeed is your mother!” exclaimed Aṅgada and Hanumān. (76)
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