झाँझि मृदङ्ग सङ्ख सहनाई । भेरि ढोल दुन्दुभी सुहाई ॥
बाजहिँ बहु बाजने सुहाये । जहँ तहँ जुबतिन्ह मङ्गल गाये ॥
jhām̐jhi mṛdaṅga saṅkha sahanāī | bheri ḍhola dundubhī suhāī ||
bājahim̐ bahu bājane suhāye | jaham̐ taham̐ jubatinha maṅgala gāye ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 263: Joy in Mithila as Sita approaches Shri Rama
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What happens in this chapter
Joy in Mithila as Sita approaches Shri Rama
Cymbals, mridangas, conches, shehnais, kettledrums and drums all sound, and young women everywhere sing auspicious songs. The queens and their friends rejoice, like a drying paddy field that has received rain. Janaka finds joy and drops his worry, like a tired swimmer who touches ground. The kings lose their lustre now the bow is broken, like a lamp in daylight. Sita's happiness is like that of a chataki that finds the Svati raindrop. Lakshmana gazes at Shri Rama as a young chakora gazes at the moon. Then Shatananda gives his word, and Sita goes toward Shri Rama. Her lovely, clever friends walk with her singing auspicious songs, and she moves with the gait of a young swan, boundless beauty in every limb.
सखिन्ह सहित हरषीँ सब रानी । सूखत धान परा जनु पानी ॥
जनक लहेउ सुख सोच बिहाई । पैरत थकें थाह जनु पाई ॥
sakhinha sahita haraṣīm̐ saba rānī | sūkhata dhāna parā janu pānī ||
janaka laheu sukha soca bihāī | pairata thakeṃ thāha janu pāī ||
श्रीहत भये भूप धनु टूटे । जैसें दिवस दीप छबि छूटे ॥
सीय सुखहि बरनिअ केहि भाँती । जनु चातकी पाइ जल स्वाती ॥
śrīhata bhaye bhūpa dhanu ṭūṭe | jaiseṃ divasa dīpa chabi chūṭe ||
sīya sukhahi barania kehi bhām̐tī | janu cātakī pāi jala svātī ||
रामहिँ लखन बिलोकत कैसें । ससिहि चकोर किसोरकु जैसें ॥
सतानन्द तब आयसु दीन्ही । सीतां गवन राम पहिँ कीन्हा ॥
rāmahim̐ lakhana bilokata kaiseṃ | sasihi cakora kisoraku jaiseṃ ||
satānanda taba āyasu dīnhī | sītāṃ gavana rāma pahim̐ kīnhā ||
सङ्ग सखीं सुन्दर चतुर, गावहिँ मङ्गलचार ।
गवनी बाल-मराल-गति, सुखमा अङ्ग अपार ॥
saṅga sakhīṃ sundara catura, gāvahim̐ maṅgalacāra |
gavanī bāla-marāla-gati, sukhamā aṅga apāra ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0