Doha 93
दसमुख देखि सिरन्ह कै बाढ़ी। बिसरा मरन भई रिस गाढ़ी॥ गर्जेउ मूढ़ महा अभिमानी। धायउ दसहु सरासन तानी॥१॥
समर भूमि दसकंधर कोप्यो। बरषि बान रघुपति रथ तोप्यो॥ दंड एक रथ देखि न परेऊ। जनु निहार महुँ दिनकर दुरेऊ॥२॥
हाहाकार सुरन्ह जब कीन्हा। तब प्रभु कोपि कारमुक लीन्हा॥ सर निवारि रिपु के सिर काटे। ते दिसि बिदिसि गगन महि पाटे॥३॥
काटे सिर नभ मारग धावहिं। जय जय धुनि करि भय उपजावहिं॥ कहँ लछिमन सुग्रीव कपीसा। कहँ रघुबीर कोसलाधीसा॥४॥
Meaning
When the ten-headed monster perceived the multiplication of his heads, he thought no more of his own death, but was seized with burning wrath. The fool roared in his great pride and rushed forward with all his ten bows drawn. (1) Flying into a rage on the battle-field, the ten-headed monster discharged a shower of arrows and screened with it Śrī Raghuvīra’s chariot, which was lost to sight for nearly half an hour, even as the sun is obscured by mist. (2) When the gods raised a piteous cry, the Lord took up His bow, full of wrath. Intercepting the enemy’s arrows, He struck off his heads, which covered all the quarters as well as the intermediate points of the compass, as also the heaven and earth. (3) The severed heads flew through the air and struck terror into the monkeys’ hearts as they uttered the cries of “Victory, Victory!! Where is Lakṣmaṇa, where is Sugrīva, the lord of the monkeys? Where is Raghuvīra, the lord of Kosala,?” (4)
कहँ रामु कहि सिर निकर धाए देखि मर्कट भजि चले। संधानि धनु रघुबंसमनि हँसि सरन्हि सिर बेधे भले॥ सिर मालिका कर कालिका गहि बृंद बृंदन्हि बहु मिलीं। करि रुधिर सरि मज्जनु मनहुँ संग्राम बट पूजन चलीं॥
Meaning
“Where is Rāma?” cried the multitudes of heads as they sped. The monkeys took to flight as they saw them. Śrī Rāma, the Jewel of Raghu’s race, smilingly set arrow(s) to His bow and shot the heads through and through. Taking a rosary of skulls in their hands a large number of Kālikās (female attendants of Goddess Kālī) collected in numerous batches, as though having bathed in the stream of blood they had proceeded to worship the banyan tree in the form of the battle.
पुनि दसकंठ क्रुद्ध होइ छाँड़ी सक्ति प्रचंड। चली बिभीषन सन्मुख मनहुँ काल कर दंड॥९३॥
Meaning
Then the ten-headed monster in his fury hurled forth his terrible missile, which flew straight towards Vibhīṣaṇa like the rod of Death. (93)
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