Sunat sabhay man mukh musukhai
Chaupai 1, Under Doha 57 · Sundar Kand
Chaupai Text
सुनत सभय मन मुख मुसुकाई। कहत दसानन सबहि सुनाई॥ भूमि परा कर गहत अकासा। लघु तापस कर बाग बिलासा॥ १ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
sunata sabhaya mana mukha musukāī। kahata dasānana sabahi sunāī॥ bhūmi parā kara gahata akāsā। laghu tāpasa kara bāga bilāsā॥ 1 ॥
Meaning
On hearing the letter, Ravan became afraid in his heart, but smiling outwardly he said before everyone: ‘It is as if someone lying on the ground tries to seize the sky with his hand; in the same way this little ascetic (Lakshmana) is merely displaying verbal flourish.’
Context
This is Chaupai 1, Under Doha 57 from Sundar Kand, in the episode “Shuka Warns Ravan”. The episode describes Shuka describing Rama's army's might to Ravana and delivering Lakshmana's final warning letter.