देखन नगर भूप-सुत आये । समाचार पुरबासिन्ह पाये ॥
धाये धाम काम सब त्यागी । मनहुँ रङ्क निधि लूटन लागी ॥
dekhana nagara bhūpa-suta āye | samācāra purabāsinha pāye ||
dhāye dhāma kāma saba tyāgī | manahum̐ raṅka nidhi lūṭana lāgī ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 220: The women of Mithila gaze from windows
5 verses · 220 of 361
What happens in this chapter
The women of Mithila gaze from windows
Word spreads that the king's sons have come to see the city. People drop their work and run, like paupers rushing to loot a treasure. Gazing at the two brothers, they feel their eyes have found their reward. Young women crowd the windows of their houses, looking at Rama with love, and say to one another: friend, these two have beaten the beauty of millions of Kamadevas. Among devas, men, asuras, nagas and munis, such beauty is unheard of. Vishnu has four arms, Brahma four faces, Shiva five faces and a fearsome dress; there is no other deva, friend, who could match this loveliness. Young, homes of grace, dark and fair abodes of joy: on every limb, hundreds of millions of Kamadevas should be offered up.
निरखि सहज सुन्दर दोउ भाई । होहिँ सुखी लोचन फल पाई ॥
जुबतीं भवन झरोखन्हि लागीँ । निरखहिँ राम रूप अनुरागीँ ॥
nirakhi sahaja sundara dou bhāī | hohim̐ sukhī locana phala pāī ||
jubatīṃ bhavana jharokhanhi lāgīm̐ | nirakhahim̐ rāma rūpa anurāgīm̐ ||
कहहिँ परसपर बचन सप्रीती । सखि इन्ह कोटि काम छबि जीती ॥
सुर नर असुर नाग मुनि माहीँ । सोभा असि कहुँ सुनिअति नाहीँ ॥
kahahim̐ parasapara bacana saprītī | sakhi inha koṭi kāma chabi jītī ||
sura nara asura nāga muni māhīm̐ | sobhā asi kahum̐ suniati nāhīm̐ ||
बिष्नु चारि भुज बिघि मुख चारी । बिकट-बेष मुख-पञ्च पुरारी ॥
अपर देव अस कोउ न आही । यह छबि सखी पटतरिअ जाही ॥
biṣnu cāri bhuja bighi mukha cārī | bikaṭa-beṣa mukha-pañca purārī ||
apara deva asa kou na āhī | yaha chabi sakhī paṭataria jāhī ||
बय किसोर सुखमा-सदन, स्याम गौर सुख-घाम ।
अङ्ग अङ्ग पर वारिअहिं, कोटि कोटि सत काम ॥
baya kisora sukhamā-sadana, syāma gaura sukha-ghāma |
aṅga aṅga para vāriahiṃ, koṭi koṭi sata kāma ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0