कटि तूनीर पीत-पट बाँधे । कर-सर धनुष-बाम-बर काँधे ॥
पीत-जग्य उपबीत सुहाए । नख-सिख मज्जु महाछबि छाये ॥
kaṭi tūnīra pīta-paṭa bām̐dhe | kara-sara dhanuṣa-bāma-bara kām̐dhe ||
pīta-jagya upabīta suhāe | nakha-sikha majju mahāchabi chāye ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 244: Janaka seats the brothers on the finest dais
5 verses · 244 of 361
What happens in this chapter
Janaka seats the brothers on the finest dais
Quivers are tied at their waists over yellow cloth, arrows in hand, bows on the left shoulder, yellow sacred threads across the chest. Everyone who sees them is happy, their eyes fixed and unblinking. Janaka rejoices and goes to clasp the muni's lotus feet, humbly tells him his own story and shows him the arena. Wherever the two princes go, everyone gazes in wonder. Each person feels Shri Rama is looking at him alone, and no one perceives the leela in it. The muni praises the arrangements and the king is delighted. On the finest and most spacious dais, the king seats the muni with the two brothers.
देखि लोग सब भये सुखारे । एकटक लोचन चलत न तारे ॥
हरषे जनक देखि दोउ भाई । मुनि-पद-कमल गहे तब जाई ॥
dekhi loga saba bhaye sukhāre | ekaṭaka locana calata na tāre ||
haraṣe janaka dekhi dou bhāī | muni-pada-kamala gahe taba jāī ||
करि बिनती निज कथा सुनाई । रङ्ग अवनि सब मुनिहि देखाई ॥
जहँ जहँ जाहि कुअँर बर दोऊ । तहँ तहँ चकित चितव सब कोऊ ॥
kari binatī nija kathā sunāī | raṅga avani saba munihi dekhāī ||
jaham̐ jaham̐ jāhi kuam̐ra bara doū | taham̐ taham̐ cakita citava saba koū ||
निज निज रुख रामहिँ सब देखा । कोउ न जान कछु चरित बिसेखा ॥
भलि रचना मुनि नृप सन कहेऊ । राजाँ मुदित महा सुख लहेऊ ॥
nija nija rukha rāmahim̐ saba dekhā | kou na jāna kachu carita bisekhā ||
bhali racanā muni nṛpa sana kaheū | rājām̐ mudita mahā sukha laheū ||
सब मञ्चन्ह तेँ मंचु एक, सुन्दर बिसद बिसाल ।
मुनि समेत दोउ बन्धु तहँ, बैठारे महिपाल ॥
saba mañcanha tem̐ maṃcu eka, sundara bisada bisāla |
muni sameta dou bandhu taham̐, baiṭhāre mahipāla ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0