ਤ੍ਰਿਭੰਗੀ ਛੰਦ ॥

tribhangee chhand |

TRIBHANGI STANZA

ਧਾਯੋ ਕਰ ਕ੍ਰੁਧੰ ਸੁਭਟ ਬਿਰੁਧੰ ਗਲਿਤ ਸੁਬੁਧੰ ਗਹਿ ਬਾਣੰ ॥

dhaayo kar krudhan subhatt birudhan galit subudhan geh baanan |

That demon of vicious intellect, holding arrows in his hand and highly enraged marched forward to wage a war.

ਕੀਨੋ ਰਣ ਸੁਧੰ ਨਚਤ ਕਬੁਧੰ ਅਤ ਧੁਨ ਉਧੰ ਧਨੁ ਤਾਣੰ ॥

keeno ran sudhan nachat kabudhan at dhun udhan dhan taanan |

He fought a terrible war and amidst the pulled up bows in the battlefield, the headless trunks began to dance.

ਧਾਏ ਰਜਵਾਰੇ ਦੁਧਰ ਹਕਾਰੇ ਸੁ ਬ੍ਰਣ ਪ੍ਰਹਾਰੇ ਕਰ ਕੋਪੰ ॥

dhaae rajavaare dudhar hakaare su bran prahaare kar kopan |

The king moved forward while challenging and inflicting wounds on the warriors, they were in great ire

ਘਾਇਨ ਤਨ ਰਜੇ ਦੁ ਪਗ ਨ ਭਜੇ ਜਨੁ ਹਰ ਗਜੇ ਪਗ ਰੋਪੰ ॥੫੯੭॥

ghaaein tan raje du pag na bhaje jan har gaje pag ropan |597|

The wounds were inflicted on the bodies of the fighters, but still they are not fleeing and thundering like clouds, they are firmly standing and fighti