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Sundar Kaanda Dialogue between Mandodari and Ravana - Chaupais

Ramcharitmanas · Sundar Kaanda Dialogue between Mandodari and Ravana · Verse Chaupais 2165

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उहाँ निसाचर रहहिं ससंका। जब ते जारि गयउ कपि लंका।। निज निज गृहँ सब करहिं बिचारा। नहिं निसिचर कुल केर उबारा।। जासु दूत बल बरनि न जाई। तेहि आएँ पुर कवन भलाई।। दूतन्हि सन सुनि पुरजन बानी। मंदोदरी अधिक अकुलानी।। रहसि जोरि कर पति पग लागी। बोली बचन नीति रस पागी।। कंत करष हरि सन परिहरहू। मोर कहा अति हित हियँ धरहु।। समुझत जासु दूत कइ करनी। स्त्रवहीं गर्भ रजनीचर धरनी।। तासु नारि निज सचिव बोलाई। पठवहु कंत जो चहहु भलाई।। तब कुल कमल बिपिन दुखदाई। सीता सीत निसा सम आई।। सुनहु नाथ सीता बिनु दीन्हें। हित न तुम्हार संभु अज कीन्हें।।

uhāom nisācara rahahiṃ sasaṃkā. jaba tē jāri gayau kapi laṃkā nija nija gṛhaom saba karahiṃ bicārā. nahiṃ nisicara kula kēra ubārā jāsu dūta bala barani na jāī. tēhi āēom pura kavana bhalāī dūtanhi sana suni purajana bānī. maṃdōdarī adhika akulānī rahasi jōri kara pati paga lāgī. bōlī bacana nīti rasa pāgī kaṃta karaṣa hari sana pariharahū. mōra kahā ati hita hiyaom dharahu samujhata jāsu dūta kai karanī. stravahīṃ garbha rajanīcara dharanī tāsu nāri nija saciva bōlāī. paṭhavahu kaṃta jō cahahu bhalāī taba kula kamala bipina dukhadāī. sītā sīta nisā sama āī sunahu nātha sītā binu dīnhēṃ. hita na tumhāra saṃbhu aja kīnhēṃ

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Ever since Hanuman left after burning down Lanka the demons there had lived in constant terror. In their own houses they thought, "There is no hope for the demon race now. If his messenger was mighty beyond words, what good would result when the master himself enters the city?" When Mandodari (Ravana's principal queen) heard from her female spies what the citizens were saying, she felt much perturbed. Meeting her lord in seclusion she fell at his feet and with joined palms addressed to him words steeped in wisdom: "My lord, avoid all strife with Sri Hari. Take my words to your heart as a most salutary advice. My lord, if you seek your own welfare, call one of your ministers and send back with him the consort of that prince (Sri Rama), the very thought of whose messenger's doings makes the wives of the demons miscarry. Just as a frosty night spells disaster to a bed of lotuses, so Sita has come here as a bane to your race. Listen, my lord: unless you return Sita, not even Sambhu (Lord Siva) and Brahma (the creator) can be of any good to you.