कैकय-सुता सुमित्रा दोऊ । सुन्दर-सुत जनमत भैं ओऊ ॥
वह सुख सम्पति समय समाजा । कहि न सकइ सारद अहिराजा ॥
kaikaya-sutā sumitrā doū | sundara-suta janamata bhaiṃ oū ||
vaha sukha sampati samaya samājā | kahi na sakai sārada ahirājā ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 195: The day the sun stood still
5 verses · 195 of 361
What happens in this chapter
The day the sun stood still
Kaikeyi and Sumitra too give birth to beautiful sons; not even Sharada or Shesha could describe that hour. Avadhpuri glows as if night had come to meet the Lord but, abashed by the sun, stayed as dusk. The smoke of aloe incense is its darkness, the flying red abir its sunset glow, the palace gems its stars, the golden pitcher on the royal house its moon. Soft Vedic chanting is like birds at twilight. Watching all this, the Sun forgets himself and a whole month passes. A month became a single day and no one knew why: the Sun had halted his chariot, so how could night fall?
अवधपुरी सोहइ एहि भाँती । प्रभुहि मिलन आई जनु राती ॥
देखि भानू जनु मन सकुचानी । तदपि बनी सन्ध्या अनुमानी ॥
avadhapurī sohai ehi bhām̐tī | prabhuhi milana āī janu rātī ||
dekhi bhānū janu mana sakucānī | tadapi banī sandhyā anumānī ||
अगर-धूप बहु जनु अँधिआरी । उड़इ अभीर मनहुँ अरुनारी ॥
मन्दिर-मनि-समूह जनु तारा । नृप गृह कलस सो इन्दु उदारा ॥
agara-dhūpa bahu janu am̐dhiārī | ur̤ai abhīra manahum̐ arunārī ||
mandira-mani-samūha janu tārā | nṛpa gṛha kalasa so indu udārā ||
भवन बेद-धुनि अति मृदुबानी । जनु खग मुखर समयँ जनु सानी ॥
कौतुक देखि पतङ्ग भुलाना । एक मास तेई जात न जाना ॥
bhavana beda-dhuni ati mṛdubānī | janu khaga mukhara samayam̐ janu sānī ||
kautuka dekhi pataṅga bhulānā | eka māsa teī jāta na jānā ||
मास दिवस कर दिवस भा, मरम न जानइ कोइ ।
रथ समेत रवि थाकेउ, निसा कवनि विधि होइ ॥
māsa divasa kara divasa bhā, marama na jānai koi |
ratha sameta ravi thākeu, nisā kavani vidhi hoi ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0