Jas jas surasa badanu badhava

Chaupai 5, Under Doha 2 · Sundar Kand

Chaupai Text

जस जस सुरसा बदनु बढ़ावा। तासु दून कपि रूप देखावा॥ सत जोजन तेहिं आनन कीन्हा। अति लघु रूप पवनसुत लीन्हा॥ ५ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

jasa jasa surasā badanu baṛhāvā। tāsu dūna kapi rūpa dekhāvā॥ sata jojana tehiṃ ānana kīnhā। ati laghu rūpa pavanasuta līnhā॥ 5 ॥

Meaning

As Surasa kept widening her mouth, Hanuman showed a form twice as large. She made her mouth one hundred yojanas wide, and then the son of the Wind assumed a very tiny form.

Context

This is Chaupai 5, Under Doha 2 from Sundar Kand, in the episode “Hanuman leaves for Lanka, Surasa's Test”. The episode describes Hanuman's ocean crossing, Surasa's test, and the slaying of the shadow-seizing demoness.

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