Lanka Kaanda Meghanada gives battle and Sri Rama sportfully allows Himself to be bound by a snare of serpents - Chaupais
Ramcharitmanas · Lanka Kaanda Meghanada gives battle and Sri Rama sportfully allows Himself to be bound by a snare of serpents · Verse Chaupais 2087
Sanskrit Original
सक्ति सूल तरवारि कृपाना। अस्त्र सस्त्र कुलिसायुध नाना।। डारह परसु परिघ पाषाना। लागेउ बृष्टि करै बहु बाना।। दस दिसि रहे बान नभ छाई। मानहुँ मघा मेघ झरि लाई।। धरु धरु मारु सुनिअ धुनि काना। जो मारइ तेहि कोउ न जाना।। गहि गिरि तरु अकास कपि धावहिं। देखहि तेहि न दुखित फिरि आवहिं।। अवघट घाट बाट गिरि कंदर। माया बल कीन्हेसि सर पंजर।। जाहिं कहाँ ब्याकुल भए बंदर। सुरपति बंदि परे जनु मंदर।। मारुतसुत अंगद नल नीला। कीन्हेसि बिकल सकल बलसीला।। पुनि लछिमन सुग्रीव बिभीषन। सरन्हि मारि कीन्हेसि जर्जर तन।। पुनि रघुपति सैं जूझे लागा। सर छाँड़इ होइ लागहिं नागा।। ब्याल पास बस भए खरारी। स्वबस अनंत एक अबिकारी।। नट इव कपट चरित कर नाना। सदा स्वतंत्र एक भगवाना।। रन सोभा लगि प्रभुहिं बँधायो। नागपास देवन्ह भय पायो।।
sakti sūla taravāri kṛpānā. astra sastra kulisāyudha nānā.. ḍāraha parasu parigha pāṣānā. lāgēu bṛṣṭi karai bahu bānā.. dasa disi rahē bāna nabha chāī. mānahu maghā mēgha jhari lāī.. dharu dharu māru sunia dhuni kānā. jō mārai tēhi kōu na jānā.. gahi giri taru akāsa kapi dhāvahiṃ. dēkhahi tēhi na dukhita phiri āvahiṃ.. avaghaṭa ghāṭa bāṭa giri kaṃdara. māyā bala kīnhēsi sara paṃjara.. jāhiṃ kahāom byākula bhaē baṃdara. surapati baṃdi parē janu maṃdara.. mārutasuta aṃgada nala nīlā. kīnhēsi bikala sakala balasīlā.. puni lachimana sugrīva bibhīṣana. saranhi māri kīnhēsi jarjara tana.. puni raghupati saiṃ jūjhē lāgā. sara chāomḍai hōi lāgahiṃ nāgā.. byāla pāsa basa bhaē kharārī. svabasa anaṃta ēka abikārī.. naṭa iva kapaṭa carita kara nānā. sadā svataṃtra ēka bhagavānā.. rana sōbhā lagi prabhuhiṃ baomdhāyō. nāgapāsa dēvanha bhaya pāyō..
He discharged a volley of lances, pikes, swords and scimitars as well as axes, bludgeons and stones, and other missiles and weapons of every description, terrible as a thunderbolt, and further rained down shafts in profusion. The sky was thickly covered with arrows on all sides, as though the clouds poured in torrents in the month of Bhadrapada, when the constellation Magha (the tenth in order of the twenty-seven Naksatras) is in the ascendant. The cries of "Seize, seize, kill, kill" filled every ear; but nobody knew who it was that struck them. Snatching up rocks and trees, the monkeys sprang into the air; but they could not see him and returned sore disappointed. Meanwhile by his delusive power Meghanada had turned every rugged valley, path and mountain cave into a veritable aviary of arrows. The monkeys were confounded and did not know where to turn. They felt helpless like so many Mandaras thrown into prison as it were by Indra. The son of the windgod, Angada, Nala, Nila and all the other mighty heroes were completely discomfited by him. Again he assailed with his shafts Laksmana, Sugriva, and Vibhisana and pierced their bodies through and through. Then he confronted the Lord of the Raghus Himself; the arrows he let fly turned into serpents even as they struck Sri Rama. The Slayer of Khara, who is all-independent, infinite and immutable, the one without a second, was overpowered by the serpents' coils. Like an actor, He plays many a part,-He, the one, ever-free and omnipotent Lord. It was in order to invest the battle with a glory of its own that the Lord allowed Himself to be bound by a snare of serpents, even though the gods were dismayed at this sight.