Sundar Kaanda Hanuman's grief at the sight of Sita in the Asoka grove and Ravana's threat to Sita - Chaupais
Ramcharitmanas · Sundar Kaanda Hanuman's grief at the sight of Sita in the Asoka grove and Ravana's threat to Sita · Verse Chaupais 2110
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तरु पल्लव महुँ रहा लुकाई। करइ बिचार करौं का भाई।। तेहि अवसर रावनु तहँ आवा। संग नारि बहु किएँ बनावा।। बहु बिधि खल सीतहि समुझावा। साम दान भय भेद देखावा।। कह रावनु सुनु सुमुखि सयानी। मंदोदरी आदि सब रानी।। तव अनुचरीं करउँ पन मोरा। एक बार बिलोकु मम ओरा।। तृन धरि ओट कहति बैदेही। सुमिरि अवधपति परम सनेही।। सुनु दसमुख खद्योत प्रकासा। कबहुँ कि नलिनी करइ बिकासा।। अस मन समुझु कहति जानकी। खल सुधि नहिं रघुबीर बान की।। सठ सूने हरि आनेहि मोहि। अधम निलज्ज लाज नहिं तोही।।
taru pallava mahuom rahā lukāī. karai bicāra karauṃ kā bhāī tēhi avasara rāvanu tahaom āvā. saṃga nāri bahu kiēom banāvā bahu bidhi khala sītahi samujhāvā. sāma dāna bhaya bhēda dēkhāvā kaha rāvanu sunu sumukhi sayānī. maṃdōdarī ādi saba rānī tava anucarīṃ karauom pana mōrā. ēka bāra bilōku mama ōrā tṛna dhari ōṭa kahati baidēhī. sumiri avadhapati parama sanēhī sunu dasamukha khadyōta prakāsā. kabahuom ki nalinī karai bikāsā asa mana samujhu kahati jānakī. khala sudhi nahiṃ raghubīra bāna kī saṭha sūnē hari ānēhi mōhi. adhama nilajja lāja nahiṃ tōhī
Concealing himself among the leaves of a tree he mused within himself, "Come, sir, what should I do?" At that very moment Ravana arrived there gaily adorned and accompanied by a troop of women. The wretch tried to prevail upon Her in many ways through friendly advice, allurements, threats and estrangement. Said Ravana, "Listen, O beautiful and wise lady: I will make Mandodari and all other queens your handmaids, I swear, provided you cast your look on me only once." Interposing* a blade of grass between Herself and Ravana and fixing Her thoughts on Her most beloved lord (Sri Rama), the King of Ayodhya, Videha's Daughter rejoined: "Listen, O ten-headed monster: can a lotus flower ever expand in the glow of a fire-fly?" "Ponder this at heart," continued Janaka's Daughter; "perhaps you have no idea what Sri Rama's shafts are like, O wretch. You carried me off at a time when there was none by my side; yet you do not feel ashamed, O vile and impudent rogue!"