AQ sIqw hrn kQnM ]

ath seetaa haran kathana(n) ||

Now begins the description of the abduction of Sita :

mnohr CMd ]

manohar chha(n)dh ||

MANOHAR STANZA

rwvx nIc mrIc hUM ky igRh bIc gey b`D bIr sunY hY ]

raavan neech mareech hoo(n) ke, gireh beech ge; ba'dh beer sunai hai ||

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

bIshUM bWih hiQAwr ghy irs mwr mnY ds sIs DunY hY ]

beesahoo(n) baa(n)h hathiaar gahe; ris maar manai dhas sees dhunai hai ||

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

nwk ktÎo ijn sUpnKw k~h qau iqh ko duK doK lgY ho ]

naak katayo jin soopanakhaa ka'ha; tau teh ko dhukh dhokh lagai ho ||

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

rwvl ko bnu kY pl mo Cl kY iq~h kI GrnI Dir lÎY hY ]348]

raaval ko ban kai; pal mo chhal kai, ti'h kee gharanee dhar layai hai ||348||

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