Ban bag upaban batika sar kup

Chhand 2, Under Doha 3 · Sundar Kand

Chhand Text

बन बाग उपबन बाटिका सर कूप बापीं सोहहीं। नर नाग सुर गंधर्ब कन्या रूप मुनि मन मोहहीं॥ कहुँ माल देह बिसाल सैल समान अतिबल गर्जहीं। नाना अखारेन्ह भिरहिं बहुबिधि एक एकन्ह तर्जहीं॥ २ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

bana bāga upabana bāṭikā sara kūpa bāpīṃ sohahīṃ। nara nāga sura gaṃdharba kanyā rūpa muni mana mohahīṃ॥ kahuṃ māla deha bisāla saila samāna atibala garjahīṃ। nānā akhārenha bhirahīṃ bahubidhi eka ekanha tarjahīṃ॥ 2 ॥

Meaning

Forests, gardens, groves, orchards, lakes, wells, and stepwells all adorned the city. Women of humans, nāgas, gods, and gandharvas, beautiful in form, enchanted even the minds of sages. Here and there wrestlers, huge-bodied like mountains, roared with great strength. In many wrestling arenas they fought in various ways and challenged one another.

Context

This is Chhand 2, Under Doha 3 from Sundar Kand, in the episode “Hanuman Enters Lanka”. The episode describes Hanuman beholding golden Lanka by night and entering the city after subduing Lankini.

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