Doha 36
उहाँ निसाचर रहहिं ससंका। जब तें जारि गयउ कपि लंका॥ निज निज गृहँ सब करहिं बिचारा। नहिं निसिचर कुल केर उबारा॥१॥
जासु दूत बल बरनि न जाई। तेहि आएँ पुर कवन भलाई॥ दूतिन्ह सन सुनि पुरजन बानी। मंदोदरी अधिक अकुलानी॥२॥
रहसि जोरि कर पति पग लागी। बोली बचन नीति रस पागी॥ कंत करष हरि सन परिहरहू। मोर कहा अति हित हियँ धरहू॥३॥
समुझत जासु दूत कइ करनी। स्रवहिं गर्भ रजनीचर घरनी॥ तासु नारि निज सचिव बोलाई। पठवहु कंत जो चहहु भलाई॥४॥
तव कुल कमल बिपिन दुखदाई। सीता सीत निसा सम आई॥ सुनहु नाथ सीता बिनु दीन्हें। हित न तुम्हार संभु अज कीन्हें॥५॥
Meaning
Ever since Hanumān left after burning down Laṅkā, the demons there lived in constant terror. In their own houses they thought: ‘There is no hope for the demon race now. (1) ‘If his messenger was mighty beyond words, who knows what would happen when the master himself enters the city?’ When Mandodarī (Rāvaṇa’s principal queen) heard from her female spies what the citizens were saying, she felt much perturbed. (2) Meeting her lord in seclusion she fell at his feet and with folded hands addressed to him words steeped in wisdom: “My lord, avoid all strife with Śrī Hari. Take my words to your heart as a most salutary advice. (3) “My lord, if you seek your own welfare, call one of your ministers and send back with him the consort of that prince, Śrī Rāma, the very thought of whose messenger’s doings makes the wives of the demons miscarry. (4) “Just as a frosty night spells disaster to a bed of lotuses, so Sītā has come here as a bane to your race. Listen, my lord, unless you return Sītā, not even Lord Śiva and Brahmā, the creator can be of any help to you. (5)
राम बान अहि गन सरिस निकर निसाचर भेक। जब लगि ग्रसत न तब लगि जतनु करहु तजि टेक॥३६॥
Meaning
“Rāma’s arrows are like a swarm of serpents, while the demon host can only compare with frogs. Therefore, giving up obstinacy, devise some means of safety before the serpents devour them.” (36)
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