Sundar Kaanda Hanuman lays waste the Asoka grove and kills prince Aksaya; at last Meghanada entangles Hanuman in a noose of serpents and carries him off to Ravana's court - Chaupais
Ramcharitmanas · Sundar Kaanda Hanuman lays waste the Asoka grove and kills prince Aksaya; at last Meghanada entangles Hanuman in a noose of serpents and carries him off to Ravana's court · Verse Chaupais 2132
Sanskrit Original
ब्रह्मबान कपि कहुँ तेहि मारा। परतिहुँ बार कटकु संघारा।। तेहि देखा कपि मुरुछित भयऊ। नागपास बाँधेसि लै गयऊ।। जासु नाम जपि सुनहु भवानी। भव बंधन काटहिं नर ग्यानी।। तासु दूत कि बंध तरु आवा। प्रभु कारज लगि कपिहिं बँधावा।। कपि बंधन सुनि निसिचर धाए। कौतुक लागि सभाँ सब आए।। दसमुख सभा दीखि कपि जाई। कहि न जाइ कछु अति प्रभुताई।। कर जोरें सुर दिसिप बिनीता। भृकुटि बिलोकत सकल सभीता।। देखि प्रताप न कपि मन संका। जिमि अहिगन महुँ गरुड़ असंका।।
brahmabāna kapi kahuom tēhi mārā. paratihuom bāra kaṭaku saṃghārā tēhi dēkhā kapi muruchita bhayaū. nāgapāsa bāomdhēsi lai gayaū jāsu nāma japi sunahu bhavānī. bhava baṃdhana kāṭahiṃ nara gyānī tāsu dūta ki baṃdha taru āvā. prabhu kāraja lagi kapihiṃ baomdhāvā kapi baṃdhana suni nisicara dhāē. kautuka lāgi sabhāom saba āē dasamukha sabhā dīkhi kapi jāī. kahi na jāi kachu ati prabhutāī kara jōrēṃ sura disipa binītā. bhṛkuṭi bilōkata sakala sabhītā dēkhi pratāpa na kapi mana saṃkā. jimi ahigana mahuom garuḍa asaṃkā
He launched the Brahmastra against Hanuman, who crushed a whole host even as he fell. When he saw that the monkey had swooned, he entangled the latter in a noose of serpents* and carried him off. Now, Parvati, is it conceivable that the envoy of the Lord whose very name enables the wise to cut asunder the bonds of mundane existence should come under bondage? No, it was in the service of the Lord that Hanuman allowed himself to be bound. When the demons heard that the monkey had been captured and noosed, they all rushed to the court in order to enjoy the spectacle. The monkey arrived and saw Ravana's court: his superb glory baffled description. Even gods and regents of the quarters stood meek with joined palms, all watching the movement of his eyebrows in great dismay. But the monkey's soul was no more disturbed at the sight of his power than Garuda (the king of birds) would be frightened in the midst of a number of serpents.