समउ बिलोकि बसिष्ठ बोलाये । सादर सतानन्द सुनि आये ॥
बेगि कुँअरि अब आनहु जाई । चले मुदित मन आयसु पाई ॥
samau biloki basiṣṭha bolāye | sādara satānanda suni āye ||
begi kum̐ari aba ānahu jāī | cale mudita mana āyasu pāī ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 322: Sita is brought to the pavilion
6 verses · 322 of 361
What happens in this chapter
Sita is brought to the pavilion
Seeing that the hour has come, Vasishtha calls Shatananda and asks him to bring the bride at once. The queen, hearing the priest's word, gathers her friends, the Brahmana wives and the elder women of the family, and they sing the auspicious songs of the house. The goddesses who came disguised as women are among them, and the women of the palace love them more than life without knowing who they are; the queen keeps honouring them, sensing them to be like Uma, Rama and Sharada. They adorn Sita and lead her to the pavilion, walking like stately elephants, their song breaking the munis' meditation, their anklets and bangles keeping time. Among them Sita shines like beauty itself amid lovely women.
रानी सुनि उपरोहित बानी । प्रमुदित सखिन्ह समेत सयानी ॥
बिप्र बधू कुलबृद्ध बोलाईं । करि कुल रीति सुमङ्गल गाईं ॥
rānī suni uparohita bānī | pramudita sakhinha sameta sayānī ||
bipra badhū kulabṛddha bolāīṃ | kari kula rīti sumaṅgala gāīṃ ||
नारि बेष जे सुर बर बामा । सकल सुभायँ सुन्दरी स्यामा ॥
तिन्हहिँ देखि सुख पावहिँ नारीं । बिनु पहिचानि प्रानहु तैं प्यारीं ॥
nāri beṣa je sura bara bāmā | sakala subhāyam̐ sundarī syāmā ||
tinhahim̐ dekhi sukha pāvahim̐ nārīṃ | binu pahicāni prānahu taiṃ pyārīṃ ||
बार बार सनमानहिँ रानी । उमा-रमा-सारद-सम जानी ॥
सीय सँवारि समाज बनाई । मुदित मंडपहिं चलीँ लवाई ॥
bāra bāra sanamānahim̐ rānī | umā-ramā-sārada-sama jānī ||
sīya sam̐vāri samāja banāī | mudita maṃḍapahiṃ calīm̐ lavāī ||
चलि ल्याइ सीतहि सखीं सादर, सजि सुमङ्गल भामिनीं ।
नवसप्त साजें सुन्दरी सब, मत्त-कुञ्जर-गामिनीं ॥
कल गान सुनि मुनि ध्यान त्यागहिं, काम-कोकिल लाजहीं ।
मंजीर नूपुर कलित कङ्कन, ताल-गति बर बाजहीं ॥
cali lyāi sītahi sakhīṃ sādara, saji sumaṅgala bhāminīṃ |
navasapta sājeṃ sundarī saba, matta-kuñjara-gāminīṃ ||
kala gāna suni muni dhyāna tyāgahiṃ, kāma-kokila lājahīṃ |
maṃjīra nūpura kalita kaṅkana, tāla-gati bara bājahīṃ ||
सोहति बनिता वृन्द महँ, सहज सुहावनि सीय ।
छबि ललना गन मध्य जनु, सुखमा तिय कमनीय ॥
sohati banitā vṛnda maham̐, sahaja suhāvani sīya |
chabi lalanā gana madhya janu, sukhamā tiya kamanīya ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0