Jasu nam japi sunahu bhavani
Chaupai 2, Under Doha 20 · Sundar Kand
Chaupai Text
जासु नाम जपि सुनहु भवानी। भव बंधन काटहिं नर ग्यानी॥ तासु दूत कि बंध तरु आवा। प्रभु कारज लगि कपिहिं बँधावा॥ २ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
jāsu nāma japi sunahu bhavānī। bhava bandhana kāṭahiṃ nara gyānī॥ tāsu dūta ki bandha taru āvā। prabhu kāraja lagi kapihiṃ bãdhāvā॥ 2 ॥
Meaning
[Shiva says:] 'Listen, O Bhavani: by chanting whose name wise men cut the bonds of worldly existence, could that Lord's messenger ever be bound? Yet for the Lord's work, Hanuman willingly allowed himself to be bound.'
Context
This is Chaupai 2, Under Doha 20 from Sundar Kand, in the episode “Hanuman Ravages Grove, Bound by Meghnada”. The episode describes Hanuman ravaging Ashoka grove, slaying Akshayakumara, and being bound by Meghnada's serpent noose.