Baal Kaanda The princes' failure to lift the bow and Janaka's despondent utterance - Chaupais
Ramcharitmanas · Baal Kaanda The princes' failure to lift the bow and Janaka's despondent utterance · Verse Chaupais 1978
Sanskrit Original
भूप सहस दस एकहि बारा। लगे उठावन टरइ न टारा।। डगइ न संभु सरासन कैसें। कामी बचन सती मनु जैसें।। सब नृप भए जोगु उपहासी। जैसें बिनु बिराग संन्यासी।। कीरति बिजय बीरता भारी। चले चाप कर बरबस हारी।। श्रीहत भए हारि हियँ राजा। बैठे निज निज जाइ समाजा।। नृपन्ह बिलोकि जनकु अकुलाने। बोले बचन रोष जनु साने।। दीप दीप के भूपति नाना। आए सुनि हम जो पनु ठाना।। देव दनुज धरि मनुज सरीरा। बिपुल बीर आए रनधीरा।।
bhūpa sahasa dasa ēkahi bārā. lagē uṭhāvana ṭarai na ṭārā.. ḍagai na saṃbhu sarāsana kaisēṃ. kāmī bacana satī manu jaisēṃ.. saba nṛpa bhaē jōgu upahāsī. jaisēṃ binu birāga saṃnyāsī.. kīrati bijaya bīratā bhārī. calē cāpa kara barabasa hārī.. śrīhata bhaē hāri hiyaom rājā. baiṭhē nija nija jāi samājā.. nṛpanha bilōki janaku akulānē. bōlē bacana rōṣa janu sānē.. dīpa dīpa kē bhūpati nānā. āē suni hama jō panu ṭhānā.. dēva danuja dhari manuja sarīrā. bipula bīra āē ranadhīrā..
Ten thousand kings then proceeded all at once to raise it; but it baffled all attempts at moving it. Sambhu's bow did not stir in the same way as the mind of a virtuous lady refuses to yield to the words of a gallant. All the princes made themselves butts of ridicule like a recluse without dispassion. Helplessly forfeiting their fame, glory and great valour to the bow they returned. Confused and disheartened, the kings went and sat in the midst of their own company. Seeing the kings thus frustrated, King Janaka got impatient and spoke words as if in anger; "Hearing the vow made by me many a king has come from diverse parts of the globe; gods and demons in human form and many other heroes, staunch in fight, have assembled.