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# Lanka Kand · Doha 96

**चौ०** 
> अंतरधान भयउ छन एका। पुनि प्रगटे खल रूप अनेका॥  
> रघुपति कटक भालु कपि जेते। जहँ तहँ प्रगट दसानन तेते॥१॥

**चौ०** 
> देखे कपिन्ह अमित दससीसा। जहँ तहँ भजे भालु अरु कीसा॥  
> भागे बानर धरहिं न धीरा। त्राहि त्राहि लछिमन रघुबीरा॥२॥

**चौ०** 
> दहँ दिसि धावहिं कोटिन्ह रावन। गर्जहिं घोर कठोर भयावन॥  
> डरे सकल सुर चले पराई। जय कै आस तजहु अब भाई॥३॥

**चौ०** 
> सब सुर जिते एक दसकंधर। अब बहु भए तकहु गिरि कंदर॥  
> रहे बिरंचि संभु मुनि ग्यानी। जिन्ह जिन्ह प्रभु महिमा कछु जानी॥४॥

Meaning: He became invisible for a moment and then the wretch revealed himself in multitudinous forms. The ten-headed monster appeared in as many forms as there were bears and monkeys in the army of Śrī Raghunātha. (1)

The monkey host beheld numberless Rāvaṇas; the bears and monkeys then fled in every direction. The monkeys had no courage to stay; they fled crying, “Help, Lakṣmaṇa ! Help, Raghuvīra !” (2)

Myriads of Rāvaṇa darted in all directions, thundering in a deep, shrill and frightful voice. All the gods took flight in panic crying, “Now, brethren, abandon all hope of victory. (3)

“A single Rāvaṇa had subdued the whole heavenly host; now that he has multiplied, let us seek mountain caves.” Only Brahmā (the Creator), Lord Śambhu (Śiva) and the wise seers, whoever knew something of the Lord’s glory, remained undaunted. (4)

**छं०** 
> जाना प्रताप ते रहे निर्भय कपिन्ह रिपु माने फुरे।  
> चले बिचलि मर्कट भालु सकल कृपाल पाहि भयातुरे॥  
> हनुमंत अंगद नील नल अतिबल लरत रन बाँकुरे।  
> मर्दहिं दसानन कोटि कोटिन्ह कपट भू भट अंकुरे॥

Meaning: They who understood the Lord’s might remained fearless. But the monkeys took the apparitions for real enemies, Rāvaṇas. They all lost courage and fled, monkeys and bears alike, crying in their dismay: “Protect us, our merciful lord!” The most powerful Hanumān, Aṅgada, Nīla and Nala, who were all valiant in battle, fought and crushed the myriads of gallant Rāvaṇas that had sprouted on the soil of deception.

**दो०** 
> सुर बानर देखे बिकल हँस्यो कोसलाधीस।  
> सजि सारंग एक सर हते सकल दससीस॥९६॥

Meaning: The Lord of Kosala, Śrī Rāma, smiled to see the dismay of the gods and the monkeys. He set an arrow to His famous Sārṅga bow and wiped out the whole host of illusive Rāvaṇas. (96)

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