उपरोहितहि कहेउ नरनाहा । अब बिलम्ब कर कारन काहा ॥
सतानन्द तब सचिव बोलाये । मङ्गल सकल साजि सब ल्याये ॥
uparohitahi kaheu naranāhā | aba bilamba kara kārana kāhā ||
satānanda taba saciva bolāye | maṅgala sakala sāji saba lyāye ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 313: Janaka's party calls the procession
5 verses · 313 of 361
What happens in this chapter
Janaka's party calls the procession
The king asks his priest why there should be any delay now. Shatananda calls the ministers, who bring every auspicious thing. Conches, drums and tabors sound; pitchers and lucky objects are arranged; married women sing, and pure Brahmins chant the Vedas. Thus they go respectfully to the guests' lodging. Seeing the court of the lord of Koshala, they find even Indra small beside it. They say: the hour has come, please set out. At these words the drums are struck. The king asks his guru, performs the family rites and starts out with the munis and holy men. Seeing the fortune and splendour of Avadh's lord, Brahma and the Devas praise him with a thousand mouths and count their own births as wasted.
सङ्ख निसान पनव बहु बाजे । मङ्गल-कलस सगुन सुभ साजे ॥
सुभग सुआसिनि गावहिं गीता । करहिँ बेद धुनि विप्र पुनीता ॥
saṅkha nisāna panava bahu bāje | maṅgala-kalasa saguna subha sāje ||
subhaga suāsini gāvahiṃ gītā | karahim̐ beda dhuni vipra punītā ||
लेन चले सादर एहि भाँती । गये जहाँ जनवास बराती ॥
कोसलपति कर देखि समाजू । अति लघु लाग तिन्हहिं सुरराजू ॥
lena cale sādara ehi bhām̐tī | gaye jahām̐ janavāsa barātī ||
kosalapati kara dekhi samājū | ati laghu lāga tinhahiṃ surarājū ||
भयउ समय अब धारिअ पाऊ । यह सुनि परा निसानहिं घाऊ ॥
गुरुहि पूछि करि कुल बिधि राजा । चले सङ्ग मुनि साधु समाजा ॥
bhayau samaya aba dhāria pāū | yaha suni parā nisānahiṃ ghāū ||
guruhi pūchi kari kula bidhi rājā | cale saṅga muni sādhu samājā ||
भाग्य विभव अवधेस कर, देखि देव ब्रह्मादि ।
लगे सराहन सहस-मुख, जानि जनम निज बादि ॥
bhāgya vibhava avadhesa kara, dekhi deva brahmādi |
lage sarāhana sahasa-mukha, jāni janama nija bādi ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0