Sahi sak na bhar udar ahipati
Chhand 2, Under Doha 35 · Sundar Kand
Chhand Text
सहि सक न भार उदार अहिपति बार बारहिं मोहई। गह दसन पुनि पुनि कमठ पृष्ट कठोर सो किमि सोहई॥ रघुबीर रुचिर प्रयान प्रस्थिति जानि परम सुहावनी। जनु कमठ खर्पर सर्पराज सो लिखत अबिचल पावनी॥ २ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
sahi saka na bhāra udāra ahipati bāra bārāhĩ mohai। gaha dasana puni puni kamaṭha pṛṣṭha kaṭhora so kimi sohai॥ raghubīra rucira prayāna prasthiti jāni parama suhāvanī। janu kamaṭha kharpara sarparāja so likhata abicala pāvanī॥ 2 ॥
Meaning
Even noble Shesha, the king of serpents, cannot bear the burden of the army; again and again he is overwhelmed, and again and again he bites the tortoise's hard back. How beautifully this appears, as though, finding Rama's lovely march supremely delightful, the serpent king were writing its steadfast and sacred story upon the tortoise's shell.
Context
This is Chhand 2, 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.