Sri Rama Charita Manasa - Shri Sita Ram Foundation, USA

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Cau.: sayana k∂nha næpa åyasu mån∂, åsana jåi bai¢ha chalagyån∂.
‹ramita bhµupa nidrå ati å∂, so kimi sova soca adhikå∂.1.
kålaketu nisicara taha° åvå, jehiÚ sµukara hoi næpahi bhulåvå.
parama mitra tåpasa næpa kerå, jånai so ati kapa¢a ghanerå.2.
tehi ke sata suta aru dasa bhå∂, khala ati ajaya deva dukhadå∂.
prathamahiÚ bhµupa samara saba måre, bipra sa≈ta sura dekhi dukhåre.3.
tehiÚ khala påchila bayaru sa° bhårå, tåpasa næpa mili ma≈tra bicårå.
jehiÚ ripu chaya soi racenhi upåµu, bhåv∂ basa na jåna kachu råµu.4.
The king went to sleep in obedience to the hermit; while the counterfeit sage
returned to his own seat and sat down there. Deep sleep came upon the weary monarch;
but how could the other fellow sleep, distracted as he was with anxiety. The demon
Kålaketu made his appearance there; it was he who had assumed the form of a boar and
led the king astray. A great friend of the hermit-king, he was skilled in manifold ways of
deceit. He had a hundred sons and ten brothers, who were great villains, invincible and
annoying to the gods. Seeing the Bråhmaƒas, saints and gods in distress the king had
already killed them all in battle. Recalling the old grudge the wretch conspired with the
hermit-king and contrived a plot for the extermination of the enemy; but, as fate would
have it, the king knew nothing of it. (1ó4)
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Do.: ripu tejas∂ akela api laghu kari gania na tåhu,
ajahu° deta dukha rabi sasihi sira avaseita råhu.170.
A spirited foe, even though left alone, should not be lightly regarded. The demon
Råhu,* who has nothing left of him but his head, is able to torment both the sun and moon
even to this day. (170)
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* According to the Hindu belief a solar or lunar eclipse takes place only when in the astral plane the
demon Råhu, a sworn enemy of both the sun-god and the moon-god, devours the one or the other either
wholly or partly. The demon, however consists of the head alone, his trunk having been cut off by God Viƒu
while he was unlawfully attempting to partake of the nectar which was being served to the gods. Since,
however, he had already tasted the nectar, the head became immortal.