Sundar Kaanda Description of Lanka; Hanuman strikes Lankini and enters Lanka - Chaupais
Ramcharitmanas · Sundar Kaanda Description of Lanka; Hanuman strikes Lankini and enters Lanka · Verse Chaupais 2102
Sanskrit Original
प्रबिसि नगर कीजे सब काजा। हृदयँ राखि कौसलपुर राजा।। गरल सुधा रिपु करहिं मिताई। गोपद सिंधु अनल सितलाई।। गरुड़ सुमेरु रेनू सम ताही। राम कृपा करि चितवा जाही।। अति लघु रूप धरेउ हनुमाना। पैठा नगर सुमिरि भगवाना।। मंदिर मंदिर प्रति करि सोधा। देखे जहँ तहँ अगनित जोधा।। गयउ दसानन मंदिर माहीं। अति बिचित्र कहि जात सो नाहीं।। सयन किए देखा कपि तेही। मंदिर महुँ न दीखि बैदेही।। भवन एक पुनि दीख सुहावा। हरि मंदिर तहँ भिन्न बनावा।।
prabisi nagara kījē saba kājā. hṛdayaom rākhi kausalapura rājā garala sudhā ripu karahiṃ mitāī. gōpada siṃdhu anala sitalāī garuḍa sumēru rēnū sama tāhī. rāma kṛpā kari citavā jāhī ati laghu rūpa dharēu hanumānā. paiṭhā nagara sumiri bhagavānā maṃdira maṃdira prati kari sōdhā. dēkhē jahaom tahaom aganita jōdhā gayau dasānana maṃdira māhīṃ. ati bicitra kahi jāta sō nāhīṃ sayana kiē dēkhā kapi tēhī. maṃdira mahuom na dīkhi baidēhī bhavana ēka puni dīkha suhāvā. hari maṃdira tahaom bhinna banāvā
"Enter the city with the Lord of Ayodhya enshrined in your heart and accomplish all your business. Poison is transformed into nectar, foes turn friends, the ocean contracts itself to the size of a cow's footprint, fire becomes cool and Mount Meru, O Garuda, appears like a grain of sand to him on whom Sri Rama has cast His benign look." Hanuman assumed a very minute form and invoking Sri Rama entered the city. He ransacked every mansion and saw countless warriors here and there. Then he made his way into Ravana's palace, which was marvellous beyond words. He saw the demon chief buried in sleep; but he did not find Videha's Daughter there. He then noticed another splendid building, with a temple sacred to Sri Hari standing apart.