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title: "Sunderkand Doha 20"
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# Sunderkand · Doha 20

Dialogue between Hanumān and Rāvaṇa

**चौ०** 
> ब्रह्मबान कपि कहुँ तेहिं मारा। परतिहुँ बार कटकु संघारा॥  
> तेहिं देखा कपि मुरुछित भयऊ। नागपास बाँधेसि लै गयऊ॥१॥

**चौ०** 
> जासु नाम जपि सुनहु भवानी। भव बंधन काटहिं नर ग्यानी॥  
> तासु दूत कि बंध तरु आवा। प्रभु कारज लगि कपिहिं बँधावा॥२॥

**चौ०** 
> कपि बंधन सुनि निसिचर धाए। कौतुक लागि सभाँ सब आए॥  
> दसमुख सभा दीखि कपि जाई। कहि न जाइ कछु अति प्रभुताई॥३॥

**चौ०** 
> कर जोरें सुर दिसिप बिनीता। भृकुटि बिलोकत सकल सभीता॥  
> देखि प्रताप न कपि मन संका। जिमि अहिगन महुँ गरुड़ असंका॥४॥

Meaning: Meghanāda launched the Brahmāstra against Hanumān, who crushed a whole host of warriors even as he fell. When he saw that the monkey had swooned, he entangled the latter in a serpentine* noose and carried him off. (1)

* A special contrivance to entangle the enemy, possessed by Varuṇa (the god presiding over the waters) and evidently snatched from the latter by Rāvaṇa.

Now, Pārvatī, is it conceivable that the envoy of the Lord, whose very name enables the wise to cut asunder the bonds of mundane existence, should come under bondage? No, it was in the service of the Lord that Hanumān allowed himself to be bound. (2)

When the demons heard that the monkey had been captured and bound, they all rushed to the court in order to enjoy the spectacle. Hanumān arrived and saw Rāvaṇa’s court: his superb glory baffled description. (3)

Even gods and regents of the quarters stood humbled with folded hands, all watching the movement of his eyebrows in great dismay. But Hanumān was no more disturbed at the sight of his grandeur than Garuḍa (the king of birds) would be frightened in the midst of a number of serpents. (4)

**दो०** 
> कपिहि बिलोकि दसानन बिहसा कहि दुर्बाद।  
> सुत बध सुरति कीन्हि पुनि उपजा हृदयँ बिषाद॥२०॥

Meaning: When the ten-headed monster saw Hanumān, he laughed and railed at him. But presently he recalled his son’s death and was grieved at heart. (20)

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