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Here and there women gather in groups, adorned with all sixteen ornaments, bright as lightning, moon-faced and doe-eyed, their beauty enough to humble Rati. They sing auspicious songs so sweetly that the cuckoo is ashamed. Who can describe the king's palace, where a canopy has been raised that would charm the world? Lovely auspicious things shine and many drums sound. In one place bards recite the family's glories, in another Brahmins chant the Vedas. Women sing wedding songs, taking the names of Rama and Sita. The joy is so great and the palace so small that it seems to overflow in every direction. What poet could fully describe the beauty of Dasharatha's home, where Shri Rama, crest jewel of all the Devas, took his avatara?
जहँ तहँ जूथ जूथ मिलि भामिनि । सजि नव सप्त सकल दुति दामिनि ॥
बिधुबदनीं मृग-सावक-लोचनि । निज-सरूप रति-मान-बिमोचनि ॥
jaham̐ taham̐ jūtha jūtha mili bhāmini | saji nava sapta sakala duti dāmini ||
bidhubadanīṃ mṛga-sāvaka-locani | nija-sarūpa rati-māna-bimocani ||
गावहिँ मङ्गल मञ्जुल बानीं । सुनि कल-रव कलकंठि लजानीं ॥
भूप भवन किमि जाइ बखाना । बिस्व-बिमोहन रचेउ बिताना ॥
gāvahim̐ maṅgala mañjula bānīṃ | suni kala-rava kalakaṃṭhi lajānīṃ ||
bhūpa bhavana kimi jāi bakhānā | bisva-bimohana raceu bitānā ||
मङ्गल-द्रव्य मनोहर नाना । राजत बाजत बिपुल निसाना ॥
कतहुँ बिरद बन्दी उच्चरहीं । कतहुँ बेद धुनि भूसुर करहीँ ॥
maṅgala-dravya manohara nānā | rājata bājata bipula nisānā ||
katahum̐ birada bandī uccarahīṃ | katahum̐ beda dhuni bhūsura karahīm̐ ||
गावहिँ सुन्दर मङ्गल गीता । लै लै नाम राम अरु सीता ॥
बहुत उछाह भवन अति थोरा । मानहुँ उमगि चला चहुँ ओरा ॥
gāvahim̐ sundara maṅgala gītā | lai lai nāma rāma aru sītā ||
bahuta uchāha bhavana ati thorā | mānahum̐ umagi calā cahum̐ orā ||
सोभा दसरथ भवन के, को कबि बरनइ पार ।
जहाँ सकल-सुर-सीस-मनि, राम लीन्ह अवतार ॥
sobhā dasaratha bhavana ke, ko kabi baranai pāra |
jahām̐ sakala-sura-sīsa-mani, rāma līnha avatāra ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0
