ramcharitmanas,

Sundar Kaanda

143 - Description of Lanka; Hanuman strikes Lankini and enters Lanka

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masaka samāna rūpa kapi dharī. laṃkahi calēu sumiri naraharī
 

nāma laṃkinī ēka nisicarī. sō kaha calēsi mōhi niṃdarī
  [5-3-1]

jānēhi nahīṃ maramu saṭha mōrā. mōra ahāra jahāom lagi cōrā
 

muṭhikā ēka mahā kapi hanī. rudhira bamata dharanīṃ ḍhanamanī
  [5-3-2]

puni saṃbhāri uṭhi sō laṃkā. jōri pāni kara binaya saṃsakā
 

jaba rāvanahi brahma bara dīnhā. calata biraṃci kahā mōhi cīnhā
  [5-3-3]

bikala hōsi taiṃ kapi kēṃ mārē. taba jānēsu nisicara saṃghārē
 

tāta mōra ati punya bahūtā. dēkhēuom nayana rāma kara dūtā
  [5-3-4]


Description

Hanuman assumed a form as small as a gnat and, invoking the Lord in human semblance (Bhagavan Sri Rama), headed towards Lanka. (At the gateway of Lanka) lived a demoness, Lankini by name. "Where should you be going heedless of me?" she said. "Fool, have you not been able to know who I am? Every thief hereabout is my food." The great monkey dealt her such a blow with his fist that she toppled down vomiting blood. Then, recovering herself, Lanka (Lankini), stood up, and joining her palms in dismay, humbly addressed him, "When Brahma granted Ravana the boon he had asked for, the Creator furnished me with the following clue (to the extermination of the demon race) while departing:-'When you get discomfited by a blow from a monkey, know that all is over with the demon race.' I must have earned very great merit, dear Hanuman, that I have been blessed with the sight of Sri Rama's own messenger

 
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