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Howdahs are laid on the great elephants, decorated beyond describing. The rutting elephants move off with bells ringing, like a fine row of monsoon clouds. There are many other carriages, lovely palanquins and litters, and in them ride groups of the best Brahmins, as if all the Vedic metres had taken bodily form. Bards, minstrels and singers of praise go in carriages that suit each. Mules, camels and oxen of many breeds carry goods of countless kinds, and porters by the crore carry loads on shoulder poles; who can list the things they bear? All the servants follow, each with his own gear. Every heart is full of joy and every body thrills, longing for the moment to see Rama and Lakshmana, the two heroes, to their eyes' content.
कलित करिवरन्हि परीं अँबारीं । कहि न जाइ जेहि भाँति सँवारीं ॥
चले मत्तगज घंट बिराजी । मनहुँ सुभग सावन-घन-राजी ॥
kalita karivaranhi parīṃ am̐bārīṃ | kahi na jāi jehi bhām̐ti sam̐vārīṃ ||
cale mattagaja ghaṃṭa birājī | manahum̐ subhaga sāvana-ghana-rājī ||
बाहन अपर अनेक विधाना । सिबिका सुभग सुखासन जाना ॥
तिन्ह चढ़ि चले बिप्रबर बृन्दा । जनु तनु धरें सकल-श्रुति-छन्दा ॥
bāhana apara aneka vidhānā | sibikā subhaga sukhāsana jānā ||
tinha car̤hi cale biprabara bṛndā | janu tanu dhareṃ sakala-śruti-chandā ||
मागध सूत बन्दि गुन गायक । चले जान चढ़ि जो जेहि लायक ॥
बेसर ऊँट बृषभ बहु जाती । चले बस्तु भरि अगनित भाँती ॥
māgadha sūta bandi guna gāyaka | cale jāna car̤hi jo jehi lāyaka ||
besara ūm̐ṭa bṛṣabha bahu jātī | cale bastu bhari aganita bhām̐tī ||
कोटिन्ह काँवरि चले कहारा । बिबिध बस्तु को बरनइ पारा ॥
चले सकल सेवक-समुदाई । निज निज साज समाज बनाई ॥
koṭinha kām̐vari cale kahārā | bibidha bastu ko baranai pārā ||
cale sakala sevaka-samudāī | nija nija sāja samāja banāī ||
सब कें उर निर्भर हरष, पूरित पुलक सरीर ।
कबहिं देखिबे नयन भरि, राम लखनू दोउ बीर ॥
saba keṃ ura nirbhara haraṣa, pūrita pulaka sarīra |
kabahiṃ dekhibe nayana bhari, rāma lakhanū dou bīra ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0
