Doha 9
तरु पल्लव महुँ रहा लुकाई। करइ बिचार करौं का भाई॥ तेहि अवसर रावनु तहँ आवा। संग नारि बहु किएँ बनावा॥१॥
बहु बिधि खल सीतहि समुझावा। साम दान भय भेद देखावा॥ कह रावनु सुनु सुमुखि सयानी। मंदोदरी आदि सब रानी॥२॥
तव अनुचरीं करउँ पन मोरा। एक बार बिलोकु मम ओरा॥ तृन धरि ओट कहति बैदेही। सुमिरि अवधपति परम सनेही॥३॥
सुनु दसमुख खद्योत प्रकासा। कबहुँ कि नलिनी करइ बिकासा॥ अस मन समुझु कहति जानकी। खल सुधि नहिं रघुबीर बान की॥४॥
सठ सूनें हरि आनेहि मोही। अधम निलज्ज लाज नहिं तोही॥५॥
Meaning
Concealing himself among the leaves of a tree he mused within himself, “O Brother! what should I do?” At that very moment Rāvaṇa arrived there, gaily adorned and accompanied by a large number of women. (1) The wretch tried to prevail upon Her in many ways—through friendly advice, allurements, threats and estrangement. Said Rāvaṇa, “Listen, O beautiful and wise lady: I will make Mandodarī and all other queens, (2) “your handmaids, I swear, provided you do cast a look on me only once.” Interposing* a blade of grass between Herself and Rāvaṇa and fixing Her thoughts on Her most beloved lord Śrī Rāma, the King of Ayodhyā, Jānakī rejoined,— (3) * According to the Hindu etiquette a lady must not talk to a male stranger without a medium. Being forced to violate the above rule at this emergency, Sītā takes recourse to the aforesaid expedient. “Listen, O ten-headed monster, can a lotus flower ever bloom in the glow of a fire-fly?” “Ponder this at heart,” continued Jānakī, “perhaps you have no idea what Śrī Rāma’s shafts are like, O wretch. (4) “You carried me off at a time when there was none by my side; yet you do not feel ashamed, O vile and shameless rogue!” (5)
आपुहि सुनि खद्योत सम रामहि भानु समान। परुष बचन सुनि काढ़ि असि बोला अति खिसिआन॥९॥
Meaning
Hearing himself likened to a glow-worm and Śrī Rāma compared to the sun, and exasperated at Her stinging words, the monster drew out his sword and said: (9)
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