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Golden pitchers, fine trays and vessels of many kinds are filled with sweets as good as nectar, too varied to name. King Janaka gladly sends many lovely things as gifts: ornaments, clothes, great gems, birds, deer, horses, elephants and carriages of every sort, with auspicious and fragrant things in plenty. Porters walk with loads of curd, flattened rice and endless presents on their shoulder poles. When the welcoming party sees the procession, their hearts fill with joy and their bodies thrill. Seeing the welcomers so finely arrayed, the procession too beats its drums in delight. Eager to meet, some from each side gallop forward together, like two oceans of bliss crossing their bounds to meet.
कनक कलस कल कोपर थारा । भाजन ललित अनेक प्रकारा ॥
भरे सुधा सम सब पकवाने । नाना भाँति भाँति नहिं जाहिँ बखाने ॥
kanaka kalasa kala kopara thārā | bhājana lalita aneka prakārā ||
bhare sudhā sama saba pakavāne | nānā bhām̐ti bhām̐ti nahiṃ jāhim̐ bakhāne ||
कल अनेक बर बस्तु सुहाईं । हरषि भेंट हित भूप पठाईं ॥
भूषन बसन महामनि नाना । खग मृग हय गय बहु विधि जाना ॥
kala aneka bara bastu suhāīṃ | haraṣi bheṃṭa hita bhūpa paṭhāīṃ ||
bhūṣana basana mahāmani nānā | khaga mṛga haya gaya bahu vidhi jānā ||
मङ्गल सगुन सुगन्ध सुहाये । बहुत भाँति महिपाल पठाये ॥
दधि चिउरा उपहार अपारा । भरि भरि काँवरि चले कहारा ॥
maṅgala saguna sugandha suhāye | bahuta bhām̐ti mahipāla paṭhāye ||
dadhi ciurā upahāra apārā | bhari bhari kām̐vari cale kahārā ||
अगवानन्ह जब दीखि बराता । उर आनन्द पुलक भर गाता ॥
देखि बनाव सहित अगवाना । मुदित बरातिन्ह हने निसाना ॥
agavānanha jaba dīkhi barātā | ura ānanda pulaka bhara gātā ||
dekhi banāva sahita agavānā | mudita barātinha hane nisānā ||
हरषि परसपर मिलन हित, कछुक चले बगमेल ।
जनु आनन्द समुद्र दुइ, मिलत बिहाइ सुबेल ॥
haraṣi parasapara milana hita, kachuka cale bagamela |
janu ānanda samudra dui, milata bihāi subela ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0
