बिधुबदनीं सब सब मृगलोचनि । सब निज तन छबि रति मदु मोचनि ॥
पहिरें बरन बरन बर चीरा । सकल विभूषन सजें सरीरा ॥
bidhubadanīṃ saba saba mṛgalocani | saba nija tana chabi rati madu mocani ||
pahireṃ barana barana bara cīrā | sakala vibhūṣana sajeṃ sarīrā ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 318: Goddesses join the women of Janakpur
6 verses · 318 of 361
What happens in this chapter
Goddesses join the women of Janakpur
The women who go out for the parachhan are moon-faced and doe-eyed, dressed in robes of many colours and every ornament, singing so sweetly that the koel is put to shame. Their bangles, waist-bells and anklets ring as they walk. Then Shachi, Sharada, Lakshmi and Bhavani, with other goddesses, take the guise of mortal women and slip into the queens' company, singing the auspicious songs. Lost in joy, no one recognises them. They go to welcome the bridegroom, who is Brahman himself, and on seeing him their lotus eyes fill and their bodies thrill. The doha says that the joy of Sita's mother at seeing Rama dressed as bridegroom cannot be told by a thousand Sharadas and Sheshas in a hundred kalpas.
सकल सुमङ्गल अङ्ग बनाये । करहिँ गान कलकंठि लजाये ॥
कङ्कन किङ्किनि नूपुर बाजहिँ । चालि बिलोकि काम गज लाजहिँ ॥
sakala sumaṅgala aṅga banāye | karahim̐ gāna kalakaṃṭhi lajāye ||
kaṅkana kiṅkini nūpura bājahim̐ | cāli biloki kāma gaja lājahim̐ ||
बाजहिँ बाजन विविध प्रकारा । नभ अरु नगर सुमङ्गल चारा ॥
सची सारदा रमा भवानी । जे सुरतिय सुचि सहज सयानी ॥
bājahim̐ bājana vividha prakārā | nabha aru nagara sumaṅgala cārā ||
sacī sāradā ramā bhavānī | je suratiya suci sahaja sayānī ||
कपट नारि बर बेष बनाई । मिलीँ सकल रनिवासहिं जाई ॥
करहिँ गान कल मङ्गल बानीं । हरष बिबस सम काहु न जानी ॥
kapaṭa nāri bara beṣa banāī | milīm̐ sakala ranivāsahiṃ jāī ||
karahim̐ gāna kala maṅgala bānīṃ | haraṣa bibasa sama kāhu na jānī ||
को जान केहि आनन्द-बस सब, ब्रह्म-घर परिछन चली ।
कल गान मधुर-निसान बरषहिँ, सुमन सुर सोभा भली ॥
आनन्द-कन्द बिलोकि दूलह, सकल हियँ हरषित भई ।
अम्भोज-अम्बक अम्बु उमगि सुअङ्ग पुलकावलि छई ॥
ko jāna kehi ānanda-basa saba, brahma-ghara parichana calī |
kala gāna madhura-nisāna baraṣahim̐, sumana sura sobhā bhalī ||
ānanda-kanda biloki dūlaha, sakala hiyam̐ haraṣita bhaī |
ambhoja-ambaka ambu umagi suaṅga pulakāvali chaī ||
जो सुख भा सिय मातु मन, देखि राम बर बेष ।
सो न सकहिं कहि कलप-सत, सहस-सारदा-सेष ॥
jo sukha bhā siya mātu mana, dekhi rāma bara beṣa |
so na sakahiṃ kahi kalapa-sata, sahasa-sāradā-seṣa ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0