रचे रुचिर बर बंदनिबारे । मनहुँ मनोभवँ फन्द सँवारे ॥
मङ्गल-कलस अनेक बनाये । ध्वज पताक पर चमर सुहाये ॥
race rucira bara baṃdanibāre | manahum̐ manobhavam̐ phanda sam̐vāre ||
maṅgala-kalasa aneka banāye | dhvaja patāka para camara suhāye ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 289: Janakpur's splendour beyond describing
5 verses · 289 of 361
What happens in this chapter
Janakpur's splendour beyond describing
Beautiful festoons are hung, as if Kamadeva had laid his snares. Many auspicious pitchers are set out, with flags, banners, cloths and whisks. Lovely lamps of gems are placed everywhere; the canopy cannot be described. Who has the wit to describe the pavilion where Vaidehi is the bride and Shri Rama, ocean of beauty and virtue, the groom? It shines through the three worlds. As Janaka's palace is adorned, so is every house in the city. Whoever saw Tirhut then thought the fourteen worlds small. The wealth in a humble home there would charm Indra himself. In the city where Lakshmi lives in disguise as a fair woman, even Sharada and Shesha hesitate to describe its beauty.
दीप मनोहर मनि-मय नाना । जाइ न बरनि विचित्र बिताना ॥
जेहिं मंडप दुलहिनि बैदेही । सो बरनइ असि मति कबि केहि ॥
dīpa manohara mani-maya nānā | jāi na barani vicitra bitānā ||
jehiṃ maṃḍapa dulahini baidehī | so baranai asi mati kabi kehi ||
दूलह राम रूप-गुन-सागर । सो वितान तिहुँ लोक उजागर ॥
जनक-भवन कै सौभा जैसी । गृह गृह प्रति पुर देखिय तैसी ॥
dūlaha rāma rūpa-guna-sāgara | so vitāna tihum̐ loka ujāgara ||
janaka-bhavana kai saubhā jaisī | gṛha gṛha prati pura dekhiya taisī ||
जेहिं तेरहुति तेहि समय निहारी । तेहि लघु लगहिं भुवन दस-चारी ॥
जो सम्पदा नीच गृह सोहा । सो बिलोकि सुरनायक मोहा ॥
jehiṃ terahuti tehi samaya nihārī | tehi laghu lagahiṃ bhuvana dasa-cārī ||
jo sampadā nīca gṛha sohā | so biloki suranāyaka mohā ||
बसइ नगर जेहि लच्छ करि, कपट नारि बर बेष ।
तेहि पुर के सोभा कहत, सकुचहिं सारद सेष ॥
basai nagara jehi laccha kari, kapaṭa nāri bara beṣa |
tehi pura ke sobhā kahata, sakucahiṃ sārada seṣa ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0