Sukshma roop dhari Siyahin dikhava: meaning
Chaupai 9 of the Hanuman Chalisa
सूक्ष्म रूप धरि सियहिं दिखावा
बिकट रूप धरि लंक जरावा
sūkṣma rūp dhari Siyahiṃ dikhāvā / bikaṭ rūp dhari Laṅk jarāvā
Taking a tiny form, you showed yourself to Sita. Taking a fearsome form, you set Lanka on fire.
Words
सूक्ष्म sūkṣmatiny
रूप rūpform
धरि dharitaking onAn Awadhi 'having taken' form; modern Hindi would say dharkar.
सियहिं Siyahiṃto SitaSiya is a form of Sita; the ending -hiṃ marks 'to' in Awadhi.
दिखावा dikhāvāshowedAwadhi past tense; modern Hindi would say dikhāyā.
बिकट bikaṭfearsome
रूप rūpform
धरि dharitaking on
लंक LaṅkLanka
जरावा jarāvāburnedAwadhi past tense; modern Hindi would say jalāyā.
Small before Sita, terrible over Lanka
Hanuman slips into Lanka small enough to go unnoticed and finds Sita in the Ashoka grove. Later he is captured, his tail is set alight to shame him, and he uses the burning tail to set the city on fire.
Source: Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kanda