मिले जनक दसरथ अति प्रीतीं । करि बैदिक लौकिक सब रीतीं ॥
मिलत महा दोउ राज बिराजे । उपमा खोजि खोजि कबि लाजे ॥
mile janaka dasaratha ati prītīṃ | kari baidika laukika saba rītīṃ ||
milata mahā dou rāja birāje | upamā khoji khoji kabi lāje ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 320: Janaka meets Dasharatha, the sages honoured
6 verses · 320 of 361
What happens in this chapter
Janaka meets Dasharatha, the sages honoured
Janaka and Dasharatha meet with great love, observing every Vedic and worldly custom. Poets search for a comparison and give up; the two kings can be likened only to each other. The devas, watching this meeting of the two fathers, rain flowers and say that since Brahma made the world they have seen countless weddings, yet never two samadhis so equal in every way. Hearing this, love swells on both sides. Janaka leads the party into the pavilion over spread cloths, and its beauty steals even the munis' hearts. With his own hands he sets out thrones. He worships Vasishtha like his family deity and receives his blessing, then honours Vishvamitra with a love beyond words, and seats Vamadeva and the other rishis.
लही न कतहुँ हारि हियँ मानी । इन्ह सम एइ उपमा उर आनी ॥
सामध देखि देव अनुरागे । सुमन बरषि जस गावन लागे ॥
lahī na katahum̐ hāri hiyam̐ mānī | inha sama ei upamā ura ānī ||
sāmadha dekhi deva anurāge | sumana baraṣi jasa gāvana lāge ||
जग बिरञ्चि उपजावा जब तैं । देखे सुने ब्याह बहु तब तैं ॥
सकल भाँति सब साज समाजू । सम समधी देखे हम आजू ॥
jaga birañci upajāvā jaba taiṃ | dekhe sune byāha bahu taba taiṃ ||
sakala bhām̐ti saba sāja samājū | sama samadhī dekhe hama ājū ||
देव-गिरा सुनि सुन्दर साँची । प्रीति अलौकिक दुहुँ दिसि माची ॥
देत पाँबड़े अरघ सुहाये । सादर जनक मंडपहिं ल्याये ॥
deva-girā suni sundara sām̐cī | prīti alaukika duhum̐ disi mācī ||
deta pām̐bar̤e aragha suhāye | sādara janaka maṃḍapahiṃ lyāye ||
मंडप बिलोकि विचित्र रचनाँ, रुचिरताँ मुनि मन हरे ।
निज-पानि जनक सुजान सब कह, आनि सिंहासन धरे ॥
कुल-इष्ट सरिस बसिष्ठ पूजे, बिनय करि आसिष लही ।
कौसिकहि पूजत परम प्रीति कि, रीति तौ न परै कही ॥
maṃḍapa biloki vicitra racanām̐, ruciratām̐ muni mana hare |
nija-pāni janaka sujāna saba kaha, āni siṃhāsana dhare ||
kula-iṣṭa sarisa basiṣṭha pūje, binaya kari āsiṣa lahī |
kausikahi pūjata parama prīti ki, rīti tau na parai kahī ||
बामदेव आदिक रिषय, पूजे मुदित महीस ।
दिये दिव्य आसन सबहि, सब सन लही असीस ॥
bāmadeva ādika riṣaya, pūje mudita mahīsa |
diye divya āsana sabahi, saba sana lahī asīsa ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0