Nakh ayudh giri padapadhari

Chaupai 5, Under Doha 35 · Sundar Kand

Chaupai Text

नख आयुध गिरि पादपधारी। चले गगन महि इच्छाचारी॥ केहरिनाद भालु कपि करहीं। डगमगाहिं दिग्गज चिक्करहीं॥ ५ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

nakha āyudha giri pādapadhārī। cale gagana mahi icchācārī॥ keharināda bhālu kapi karahīṃ। ḍagamagāhĩ diggaja cikkarahīṃ॥ 5 ॥

Meaning

Their nails were their weapons; bearing mountains and trees, they moved wherever they wished, some through the sky and some across the earth. They roared like lions, and the elephants of the directions trembled and trumpeted.

Context

This is Chaupai 5, Under Doha 35 from Sundar Kand, in the episode “Ram's Army Reaches the Shore”. The episode describes Rama's auspicious march with the vanara army arriving at the ocean shore.

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