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The city's beauty cannot be told; wherever the mind goes, it is caught. The markets have balconies of gems as if Brahma had made them by hand, and merchants rich as Kubera sit with goods of every kind. Lanes are always sprinkled with fragrance, and houses are painted as if by Kamadeva. The people are handsome, pure, devoted to dharma and wise. Janaka's residence amazes even the devas, and its fort seems to hold the beauty of all the worlds. White mansions hung with gems and gold cloth: how can one describe the palace where Sita lives?
बनइ न बरनत नगर निकाई । जहाँ जाइ मन तहँइँ लोभाई ॥
चारु बजार बिचित्र अँवारी । मनिमय बिधि जनु बिधि स्वकर सँवारी ॥
banai na baranata nagara nikāī | jahām̐ jāi mana taham̐im̐ lobhāī ||
cāru bajāra bicitra am̐vārī | manimaya bidhi janu bidhi svakara sam̐vārī ||
धनिक-बनिक बर धनद समाना । बैठे सकल बस्तु लेइ नाना ॥
चौहट सुन्दर गलीं सुहाई । सन्तत रहहिँ सुगन्ध सिँचाई ॥
dhanika-banika bara dhanada samānā | baiṭhe sakala bastu lei nānā ||
cauhaṭa sundara galīṃ suhāī | santata rahahim̐ sugandha sim̐cāī ||
मङ्गल-मय मन्दिर सब केरें । चित्रित जनु रतिनाथ चितेरें ॥
पुर नर-नारि सुभग सुचि सन्ता । धरमसील ज्ञानी गुनवन्ता ॥
maṅgala-maya mandira saba kereṃ | citrita janu ratinātha citereṃ ||
pura nara-nāri subhaga suci santā | dharamasīla jñānī gunavantā ||
अति अनूप जहँ जनक-निवासू । बिथकहिं बिबुध बिलोकि बिलासू ॥
होत चकित चित कोट बिलोकी । सकल भुवन सोभा जनु रोकी ॥
ati anūpa jaham̐ janaka-nivāsū | bithakahiṃ bibudha biloki bilāsū ||
hota cakita cita koṭa bilokī | sakala bhuvana sobhā janu rokī ||
धवल-धाम मनि-पुरट-पट, सुघटित नाना भाँति ।
सिय-निवास सुन्दर-सदन, सोभा किमि कहि जाति ॥
dhavala-dhāma mani-puraṭa-paṭa, sughaṭita nānā bhām̐ti |
siya-nivāsa sundara-sadana, sobhā kimi kahi jāti ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0
