Bhagat bhat patakahiN dhari dharani

Chaupai 4, Under Doha 47 · Lanka Kand

Chaupai Text

भागत भट पटकहिं धरि धरनी। करहिं भालु कपि अद्भुत करनी॥ गहि पद डारहिं सागर माहीं। मकर उरग झष धरि धरि खाहीं॥ ४ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

bhāgata bhaṭa paṭakahīṃ dhari dharanī। karahīṃ bhālu kapi adbhuta karanī॥ gahi pada ḍārahīṃ sāgara māhīṃ। makara uraga jhaṣa dhari dhari khāhīṃ॥ 4 ॥

Meaning

The fleeing demon warriors were seized by the monkeys and bears and hurled to the ground. They performed marvelous feats in battle. Seizing them by the feet, they threw them into the sea, where crocodiles, snakes, and fish kept seizing and devouring them.

Context

This is Chaupai 4, Under Doha 47 from Lanka Kand, in the episode “The War Begins”. The episode describes the great Lanka war erupting as Vanara and Rakshasa armies clash fiercely.