Sundar Kaanda Vibhisana sallies forth to obtain Sri Rama's protection and secures it - Chaupais
Ramcharitmanas · Sundar Kaanda Vibhisana sallies forth to obtain Sri Rama's protection and secures it · Verse Chaupais 2177
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अस कहि चला बिभीषनु जबहीं। आयूहीन भए सब तबहीं।। साधु अवग्या तुरत भवानी। कर कल्यान अखिल कै हानी।। रावन जबहिं बिभीषन त्यागा। भयउ बिभव बिनु तबहिं अभागा।। चलेउ हरषि रघुनायक पाहीं। करत मनोरथ बहु मन माहीं।। देखिहउँ जाइ चरन जलजाता। अरुन मृदुल सेवक सुखदाता।। जे पद परसि तरी रिषिनारी। दंडक कानन पावनकारी।। जे पद जनकसुताँ उर लाए। कपट कुरंग संग धर धाए।। हर उर सर सरोज पद जेई। अहोभाग्य मै देखिहउँ तेई।।
asa kahi calā bibhīṣanu jabahīṃ. āyūhīna bhaē saba tabahīṃ sādhu avagyā turata bhavānī. kara kalyāna akhila kai hānī rāvana jabahiṃ bibhīṣana tyāgā. bhayau bibhava binu tabahiṃ abhāgā calēu haraṣi raghunāyaka pāhīṃ. karata manōratha bahu mana māhīṃ dēkhihauom jāi carana jalajātā. aruna mṛdula sēvaka sukhadātā jē pada parasi tarī riṣinārī. daṃḍaka kānana pāvanakārī jē pada janakasutāom ura lāē. kapaṭa kuraṃga saṃga dhara dhāē hara ura sara sarōja pada jēī. ahōbhāgya mai dēkhihauom tēī
No sooner had Vibhisana left with these words than the doom of them all was sealed. Disrespect to a saint, Parvati, immediately robs one of all blessings. The moment Ravana abandoned Vibhisana the wretch lost all his glory. Indulging in many expectations Vibhisana, however, gladly proceeded to the Lord of the Raghus. "On reaching there I will behold those lotus-feet with ruddy soles, so soft and so delightful to the devotees. Nay, I will behold those feet whose very touch redeemed the §Rsi's wife (Ahalya), that hallowed the Dandaka forest, that Janaka's Daughter has locked up in Her bosom, that chased the delusive deer and that dwell as a pair of lotuses in the lake of Siva heart. I am really blessed that I am going to see those very feet.