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Tulsidas opens the kanda with three Sanskrit shlokas. The first asks protection of Shri Shankara, Parvati at his left, Ganga on his head, the young moon on his brow, poison in his throat, the serpent king on his chest. The second honours Shri Rama's lotus face, which neither brightened at the news of the crowning nor faded in the sorrow of exile. The third bows to dark, tender Rama with Sita at his side and bow in hand. Then the chaupais tell how, since Rama came home married, Ayodhya has known fresh joy daily, wealth pouring in like rivers into the sea. Everyone gazes at his moon face, and all pray to Mahesha that Dasharatha make Rama yuvaraja while he still lives.
यस्याङ्के च विभाति भूधरसुता देवापगा मस्तके ।
भाले बाल-विधुर्गले च गरलं यस्योरसि ब्यालराट् ॥
सोऽयं भूतिविभूषणः सुरवरः सर्वाधिपः सर्बदा ।
शर्वः सर्वगतः शिवः शशिनिभः श्रीशङ्करः पातु माम् ॥
yasyāṅke ca vibhāti bhūdharasutā devāpagā mastake |
bhāle bāla-vidhurgale ca garalaṃ yasyorasi byālarāṭ ||
so'yaṃ bhūtivibhūṣaṇaḥ suravaraḥ sarvādhipaḥ sarbadā |
śarvaḥ sarvagataḥ śivaḥ śaśinibhaḥ śrīśaṅkaraḥ pātu mām ||
प्रसन्नतां या न गताभिषेकतस्तथा न मम्ले वनवास दुःखतः ।
मुखाम्बुजश्री रघुनन्दनस्य मे सदास्तु सा मञ्जुलमंगलप्रदा ॥
prasannatāṃ yā na gatābhiṣekatastathā na mamle vanavāsa duḥkhataḥ |
mukhāmbujaśrī raghunandanasya me sadāstu sā mañjulamaṃgalapradā ||
नीलाम्बुजश्यामलकोमलाङ्गं सीतासमारोपितवामभागम् ।
पाणौ महासायकचारुचापं नमामि रामं रघुवंश नाथम् ॥
nīlāmbujaśyāmalakomalāṅgaṃ sītāsamāropitavāmabhāgam |
pāṇau mahāsāyakacārucāpaṃ namāmi rāmaṃ raghuvaṃśa nātham ||
श्रीगुरु चरन सरोज रज, निज मनु मुकुरु सुधारि ।
बरनउँ रघुबर-बिमल जस, जो दायक फल-चारि ॥
śrīguru carana saroja raja, nija manu mukuru sudhāri |
baranaum̐ raghubara-bimala jasa, jo dāyaka phala-cāri ||
जब तें राम ब्याहि घर आये । नित नव मङ्गल मोद बधाये ॥
भुवन चारि-दस भूधर भारी । सुकृत मेघ बरषहिं सुख-बारी ॥
jaba teṃ rāma byāhi ghara āye | nita nava maṅgala moda badhāye ||
bhuvana cāri-dasa bhūdhara bhārī | sukṛta megha baraṣahiṃ sukha-bārī ||
रिधि सिधि सम्पति नदीं सुहाई । उमगि अवध-अम्बुधि कहँ आई ॥
मनि-गन पुर-नर-नारि-सुजाती । सुचि अमोल सुन्दर सब भाँती ॥
ridhi sidhi sampati nadīṃ suhāī | umagi avadha-ambudhi kaham̐ āī ||
mani-gana pura-nara-nāri-sujātī | suci amola sundara saba bhām̐tī ||
कहि न जाइ कछु नगर बिभूती । जनु एतनिअ बिरञ्चि करतूती ॥
सब विधि सब पुर-लोग सुखारी । रामचन्द मुख-चन्द निहारी ॥
kahi na jāi kachu nagara bibhūtī | janu etania birañci karatūtī ||
saba vidhi saba pura-loga sukhārī | rāmacanda mukha-canda nihārī ||
मुदित मातु सब सखीं सहेली । फलित बिलोकि मनोरथ बेली ॥
राम-रूप-गुन-सील-सुभाऊ । प्रमुदित होइ देखि सुनि राऊ ॥
mudita mātu saba sakhīṃ sahelī | phalita biloki manoratha belī ||
rāma-rūpa-guna-sīla-subhāū | pramudita hoi dekhi suni rāū ||
सब कें उर अभिलाष अस, कहहिँ मनाइ महेस ।
आपु अछत जुबराज-पद, रामहिँ देउ नरेस ॥
saba keṃ ura abhilāṣa asa, kahahim̐ manāi mahesa |
āpu achata jubarāja-pada, rāmahim̐ deu naresa ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0
