ਛਪੈ ਛੰਦ ॥
chhapai chhand |
CHHAPAI STANZA
ਇਕ ਇਕ ਆਰੁਹੇ ਇਕ ਇਕਨ ਕਹ ਤਕੈ ॥
eik ik aaruhe ik ikan keh takai |
The warriors excelling one another are coming and looking at each other one by one
ਇਕ ਇਕ ਲੈ ਚਲੈ ਇਕ ਕਹ ਇਕ ਉਚਕੈ ॥
eik ik lai chalai ik keh ik uchakai |
They are moving with each one and are being startle by each one
ਇਕ ਇਕ ਸਰ ਬਰਖ ਇਕ ਧਨ ਕਰਖ ਰੋਸ ਭਰ ॥
eik ik sar barakh ik dhan karakh ros bhar |
On one side they are discharging arrows and on the other they are pulling their bows in rage
ਇਕ ਇਕ ਤਰਫੰਤ ਇਕ ਭਵ ਸਿੰਧ ਗਏ ਤਰਿ ॥
eik ik tarafant ik bhav sindh ge tar |
On one side the fighters are writing and on the other side the dead ones are ferrying across the world-ocean
ਰਣਿ ਇਕ ਇਕ ਸਾਵੰਤ ਭਿੜੈਂ ਇਕ ਇਕ ਹੁਐ ਬਿਝੜੇ ॥
ran ik ik saavant bhirrain ik ik huai bijharre |
The warriors excelling one another have fought and died
ਨਰ ਇਕ ਅਨਿਕ ਸਸਤ੍ਰਣ ਭਿੜੇ ਇਕ ਇਕ ਅਵਝੜ ਝੜੇ ॥੪੯੯॥
nar ik anik sasatran bhirre ik ik avajharr jharre |499|
All the warriors are alike, but the weapons are many and these weapons are striking blows on the soldiers like rain.499.
ਇਕ ਜੂਝ ਭਟ ਗਿਰੈਂ ਇਕ ਬਬਕੰਤ ਮਧ ਰਣ ॥
eik joojh bhatt girain ik babakant madh ran |
On one side the warriors have fallen and on the other they are shouting
ਇਕ ਦੇਵਪੁਰ ਬਸੈ ਇਕ ਭਜ ਚਲਤ ਖਾਇ ਬ੍ਰਣ ॥
eik devapur basai ik bhaj chalat khaae bran |
On one side they have entered the city of gods and on the other, having been wounded, they have sped away
ਇਕ ਜੁਝ ਉਝੜੇ ਇਕ ਮੁਕਤੰਤ ਬਾਨ ਕਸਿ ॥
eik jujh ujharre ik mukatant baan kas |
Some are fighting in the war firmly and on the other side they are falling down having been chopped like trees
ਇਕ ਅਨਿਕ ਬ੍ਰਣ ਝਲੈਂ ਇਕ ਮੁਕਤੰਤ ਬਾਨ ਕਸਿ ॥
eik anik bran jhalain ik mukatant baan kas |
On one side many wounded are being endured and on the other the arrows are being discharged with full strength
ਰਣ ਭੂੰਮ ਘੂਮ ਸਾਵੰਤ ਮੰਡੈ ਦੀਰਘੁ ਕਾਇ ਲਛਮਣ ਪ੍ਰਬਲ ॥
ran bhoonm ghoom saavant manddai deeragh kaae lachhaman prabal |
Diraghkaya and Lakshman have wounded and created such a situation in the battlefield,
ਥਿਰ ਰਹੇ ਬ੍ਰਿਛ ਉਪਵਨ ਕਿਧੋ ਉਤਰ ਦਿਸ ਦੁਐ ਅਚਲ ॥੫੦੦॥
thir rahe brichh upavan kidho utar dis duai achal |500|
As if they are large trees in a forest or eternal and immovable pole-stars in the north.500.