Ati garb ganai na sagun asagun
Chhand, Under Doha 78 · Lanka Kand
Chhand Text
अति गर्ब गनइ न सगुन असगुन स्रवहिं आयुध हाथ ते। भट गिरत रथ ते बाजि गज चिक्करत भाजहिं साथ ते॥ गोमाय गीध कराल खर रव स्वान बोलहिं अति घने। जनु कालदूत उलूक बोलहिं बचन परम भयावने॥
Transliteration (IAST)
ati garba ganai na saguna asaguna sravahiṃ āyudha hātha te। bhaṭa girata ratha te bāji gaja cikkarata bhājahiṃ sātha te॥ gomāya gīdha karāla khara rava svāna bolahiṃ ati ghane। janu kāladūta ulūka bolahiṃ bacana parama bhayāvane॥
Meaning
Consumed by pride, he pays no attention to favorable or unfavorable omens. Weapons are slipping from his hands. Warriors are falling from their chariots. Horses and elephants, abandoning their ranks, run off shrieking. Jackals, vultures, fierce donkeys, and dogs cry out loudly; the owls speak in a way that seems like the dreadful messengers of Death themselves.
Context
This is Chhand, Under Doha 78 from Lanka Kand, in the episode “Meghnad's Yagya Destroyed, His Fall”. The episode describes Meghnad's yagya being disrupted, his fierce battle, and redemption by divine grace.