बसहिँ नगर सुन्दर नर नारी । जनु बहु मनसिज-रति तनु धारी ॥
तेहिं पुर बसइ सीलनिधि राजा । अगनित हय गय सेन समाजा ॥
basahim̐ nagara sundara nara nārī | janu bahu manasija-rati tanu dhārī ||
tehiṃ pura basai sīlanidhi rājā | aganita haya gaya sena samājā ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 130: The city of King Shilanidhi
5 verses · 130 of 361
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The city of King Shilanidhi
In that city lived men and women so lovely they seemed Kama and Rati in many bodies. Its king, Shilanidhi, had countless horses, elephants and troops, splendour like a hundred Indras, and was a home of beauty, valour, strength and good policy. His daughter Vishvamohini was so beautiful that Lakshmi herself would be charmed to see her. She was Hari's maya, a mine of every grace, and her svayamvara was being held; kings without number had come. The curious muni entered the city and asked the townspeople about everything. Hearing it all, he went to the palace, where the king honoured him with worship and a seat, then brought the princess and asked him to weigh her merits and faults.
सत-सुरेस सम बिभव बिलासा । रूप तेज बल नीति निवासा ॥
बिस्व-मोहनी तासु कुमारी । श्री बिमोह जिसु रूप निहारी ॥
sata-suresa sama bibhava bilāsā | rūpa teja bala nīti nivāsā ||
bisva-mohanī tāsu kumārī | śrī bimoha jisu rūpa nihārī ||
सोइ हरि माया सब गुन खानी । सोभा तासु कि जाइ बखानी ॥
करइ स्वयम्बर से नप-बाला । आये तहँ अगनित महिपाला ॥
soi hari māyā saba guna khānī | sobhā tāsu ki jāi bakhānī ||
karai svayambara se napa-bālā | āye taham̐ aganita mahipālā ||
मुनि कौतुकी नगर तेहिं गयऊ । पुरबासिन्ह सब पूछत भयऊ ॥
सुनि सब चरित भूप गृह आये । करि पूजा नृप मुनि बैठाये ॥
muni kautukī nagara tehiṃ gayaū | purabāsinha saba pūchata bhayaū ||
suni saba carita bhūpa gṛha āye | kari pūjā nṛpa muni baiṭhāye ||
आनि देखाई नारदहि, भूपति राजकुमारि ।
कहहु नाथ गुन दोष सब, एहि के हृदयँ बिचारि ॥
āni dekhāī nāradahi, bhūpati rājakumāri |
kahahu nātha guna doṣa saba, ehi ke hṛdayam̐ bicāri ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0