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So the women nurse their wishes, their hearts brimming with joy. The kings who had come for Sita's svayamvara are glad to see all four brothers, and they go home praising Shri Rama's bright, wide fame. Some days pass so, with townsfolk and guests alike delighted. Then the auspicious wedding day arrives, in the lovely winter month of Agahan. Brahma himself examined planet, tithi, nakshatra, yoga and weekday, fixed the lagna and sent it through Narada; it matched exactly what Janaka's astrologers had worked out. Hearing this, people say the astrologers are a second Brahma. Knowing the omens favourable, the Brahmins tell Videha that the pure hour of cow-dust, at dusk, is the root of every blessing.
एहि बिधि सकल मनोरथ करहीं । आनन्द उमगि उमगि उर भरहीं ॥
जे नृप सीय-स्वयम्बर आये । देखि बन्धु सब तिन्ह सुख पाये ॥
ehi bidhi sakala manoratha karahīṃ | ānanda umagi umagi ura bharahīṃ ||
je nṛpa sīya-svayambara āye | dekhi bandhu saba tinha sukha pāye ||
कहत राम जस बिसद बिसाला । निज निज भवन गये महिपाला ॥
गये बीति कछु दिन एहि भाँती । प्रमुदित पुरजन सकल बराती ॥
kahata rāma jasa bisada bisālā | nija nija bhavana gaye mahipālā ||
gaye bīti kachu dina ehi bhām̐tī | pramudita purajana sakala barātī ||
मङ्गल मूल लगन-दिन आना । हिम-रितु अगहन मास सुहावा ॥
ग्रह तिथि नखत जोग बर बारू । लगन सोधि विधि कीन्ह बिचारू ॥
maṅgala mūla lagana-dina ānā | hima-ritu agahana māsa suhāvā ||
graha tithi nakhata joga bara bārū | lagana sodhi vidhi kīnha bicārū ||
पठै दीन्हि नारद सन सोई । गनी जनक के ग़नकन्ह जोई ॥
सुनी सकल लोगन्ह यह बाता । कहहिँ जोतिषी अपर बिधाता ॥
paṭhai dīnhi nārada sana soī | ganī janaka ke ġanakanha joī ||
sunī sakala loganha yaha bātā | kahahim̐ jotiṣī apara bidhātā ||
धेनुधूरि-बेला बिमल, सकल सुमङ्गल-मूल ।
बिप्रन्ह कहेउ बिदेह सन, जानि सगुन अनुकूल ॥
dhenudhūri-belā bimala, sakala sumaṅgala-mūla |
bipranha kaheu bideha sana, jāni saguna anukūla ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0
