Baal Kaanda The breaking of the Bow - Chhands
Ramcharitmanas · Baal Kaanda The breaking of the Bow · Verse Chhands 1999
Sanskrit Original
भरे भुवन घोर कठोर रव रबि बाजि तजि मारगु चले। चिक्करहिं दिग्गज डोल महि अहि कोल कूरुम कलमले।। सुर असुर मुनि कर कान दीन्हें सकल बिकल बिचारहीं। कोदंड खंडेउ राम तुलसी जयति बचन उचारही।।
bharē bhuvana ghōra kaṭhōra rava rabi bāji taji māragu calē. cikkarahiṃ diggaja ḍōla mahi ahi kōla kūruma kalamalē.. sura asura muni kara kāna dīnhēṃ sakala bikala bicārahīṃ. kōdaṃḍa khaṃḍēu rāma tulasī jayati bacana ucārahī..
The awful crash reached through the spheres; the horses of the sun-god strayed from their course; the elephants of the quarters trumpeted, the earth shook; the serpentking, the divine boar and the divine tortoise fidgeted about, Gods, demons and sages put their hands to their ears, and all began anxiously to ponder the cause; but when they learnt, says Tulasidasa, that Sri Rama had broken the bow, they uttered shouts of victory