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Ang 235Chaubees AvtaarGuru Guru Gobind Singh

ਅਥ ਸੀਤਾ ਹਰਨ ਕਥਨੰ ॥

ath seetaa haran kathanan |

Now begins the description of the abduction of Sita :

ਮਨੋਹਰ ਛੰਦ ॥

manohar chhand |

MANOHAR STANZA

ਰਾਵਣ ਨੀਚ ਮਰੀਚ ਹੂੰ ਕੇ ਗ੍ਰਿਹ ਬੀਚ ਗਏ ਬਧ ਬੀਰ ਸੁਨੈਹੈ ॥

raavan neech mareech hoon ke grih beech ge badh beer sunaihai |

Hearing about the killing of Khar and Dushan the vile Ravan went to the house of Marich.

ਬੀਸਹੂੰ ਬਾਹਿ ਹਥਿਆਰ ਗਹੇ ਰਿਸ ਮਾਰ ਮਨੈ ਦਸ ਸੀਸ ਧੁਨੈ ਹੈ ॥

beesahoon baeh hathiaar gahe ris maar manai das sees dhunai hai |

He held his weapons in all his twenty hands and was furiously muzzling his ten heads.

ਨਾਕ ਕਟਯੋ ਜਿਨ ਸੂਪਨਖਾ ਕਹਤਉ ਤਿਹ ਕੋ ਦੁਖ ਦੋਖ ਲਗੈ ਹੈ ॥

naak kattayo jin soopanakhaa kahtau tih ko dukh dokh lagai hai |

He said, “Those who have chopped the nose of Surapankha, their such action has agonised me

ਰਾਵਲ ਕੋ ਬਨੁ ਕੈ ਪਲ ਮੋ ਛਲ ਕੈ ਤਿਹ ਕੀ ਘਰਨੀ ਧਰਿ ਲਯੈ ਹੈ ॥੩੪੮॥

raaval ko ban kai pal mo chhal kai tih kee gharanee dhar layai hai |348|

“I shall steal their wife in the garb of a Yogi form the forest in your company.”348.