Lankam bhayau kolahal bhari

Chaupai 1, Under Doha 40 · Lanka Kand

Chaupai Text

लंकाँ भयउ कोलाहल भारी। सुना दसानन अति अहँकारी॥ देखहु बनरन्ह केरि ढिठाई। बिहँसि निसाचर सेन बोलाई॥ १ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

laṃkāṃ bhayau kolāhala bhārī। sunā dasānana ati ahaṃkārī॥ dekhahu banaranha keri ḍhiṭhāī। bihiṃsi nisācara sena bolāī॥ 1 ॥

Meaning

A great uproar arose in Lanka. Hearing it, the exceedingly arrogant Ravana said, Look at the monkeys' insolence! Laughing, he summoned the demon army.

Context

This is Chaupai 1, Under Doha 40 from Lanka Kand, in the episode “The War Begins”. The episode describes the great Lanka war erupting as Vanara and Rakshasa armies clash fiercely.