ध्वज पताक तोरन पुर छावा । कहि न जाइ जेहि भाँति बनावा ॥
सुमनबृष्टि अकास तैँ होई । ब्रह्मानन्द मगन सब लोई ॥
dhvaja patāka torana pura chāvā | kahi na jāi jehi bhām̐ti banāvā ||
sumanabṛṣṭi akāsa taim̐ hoī | brahmānanda magana saba loī ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 194: Ayodhya celebrates the birth of Rama
5 verses · 194 of 361
What happens in this chapter
Ayodhya celebrates the birth of Rama
The city is decked with flags, banners and arches beyond telling, and flowers rain from the sky. Women run out in groups in whatever finery they wear, carrying golden pitchers and trays of auspicious things, and enter the palace singing. They wave the arati, make offerings and fall again and again at the infant's feet. Bards and singers sing the glories of the Lord of the Raghus. The king gives away everything, and those who receive give it on in turn. Musk, sandal and saffron are spilled so freely that the lanes turn to fragrant mud. Drums of rejoicing sound in every house, and the whole city is glad.
बृन्द बृन्द मिलि चलीँ लोगाई । सहज सिंगार किये उठि धाई ॥
कनक-कलस मङ्गल भरि थारा । गावत पैठहिँ भूप-दुआरा ॥
bṛnda bṛnda mili calīm̐ logāī | sahaja siṃgāra kiye uṭhi dhāī ||
kanaka-kalasa maṅgala bhari thārā | gāvata paiṭhahim̐ bhūpa-duārā ||
करि आरती नेवछावरि करहीँ । बार बार सिसु चरनन्हि परहीँ ॥
मागध सूत बन्दि-गन गायक । पावन गुन गावहिँ रघुनायक ॥
kari āratī nevachāvari karahīm̐ | bāra bāra sisu carananhi parahīm̐ ||
māgadha sūta bandi-gana gāyaka | pāvana guna gāvahim̐ raghunāyaka ||
सरबस-दान दीन्ह सब काहू । जेहिं पावा राखा नहिँ ताहू ॥
मृगमद-चन्दन-कुङ्कुम कीचा । मची सकल बीथिन्ह बिच बीचा ॥
sarabasa-dāna dīnha saba kāhū | jehiṃ pāvā rākhā nahim̐ tāhū ||
mṛgamada-candana-kuṅkuma kīcā | macī sakala bīthinha bica bīcā ||
गृह गृह बाज बधाव सुभ, प्रगटे सुखमा-कन्द ।
हरषवन्त सब जहँ तहँ, नगर नारि-नर-वृन्द ॥
gṛha gṛha bāja badhāva subha, pragaṭe sukhamā-kanda |
haraṣavanta saba jaham̐ taham̐, nagara nāri-nara-vṛnda ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0