Nij dal bikal suna Hanumana

Chaupai 2, Under Doha 43 · Lanka Kand

Chaupai Text

निज दल बिकल सुना हनुमाना। पच्छिम द्वार रहा बलवाना॥ मेघनाद तहँ करइ लराई। टूट न द्वार परम कठिनाई॥ २ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

nija dala bikal sunā hanumānā। pacchima dvāra rahā balavānā॥ meghanāda tahaṃ karai larāī। tūṭa na dvāra parama kaṭhināī॥ 2 ॥

Meaning

When Hanuman heard that his own army had become distressed and disheartened, that mighty hero was at the western gate. There Meghnad was fighting him. The gate would not break; the struggle was extremely difficult.

Context

This is Chaupai 2, Under Doha 43 from Lanka Kand, in the episode “The War Begins”. The episode describes the great Lanka war erupting as Vanara and Rakshasa armies clash fiercely.