Masak saman rup kapi dhari

Chaupai 1, Under Doha 4 · Sundar Kand

Chaupai Text

मसक समान रूप कपि धरी। लंकहि चलेउ सुमिरि नरहरी॥ नाम लंकिनी एक निसिचरी। सो कह चलेसि मोहि निंदरी॥ १ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

masaka samāna rūpa kapi dharī। laṃkahi caleu sumiri naraharī॥ nāma laṃkinī eka nisicarī। so kaha calesi mohi niṃdarī॥ 1 ॥

Meaning

Hanuman assumed a form as small as a mosquito and, remembering Narahari, set out toward Lanka. At the gate of Lanka lived a demoness named Lankini. She said, 'Where are you going, insulting me and without asking me?'

Context

This is Chaupai 1, Under Doha 4 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.