पुनि जेवनार भई बहु भाँती । पठये जनक बोलाइ बराती ॥
परत पाँबड़े बसन अनूपा । सुतन्ह समेत गवन कियो भूपा ॥
puni jevanāra bhaī bahu bhām̐tī | paṭhaye janaka bolāi barātī ||
parata pām̐bar̤e basana anūpā | sutanha sameta gavana kiyo bhūpā ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 328: Janaka washes the guests' feet before the feast
5 verses · 328 of 361
What happens in this chapter
Janaka washes the guests' feet before the feast
Janaka prepares a great feast and sends for the wedding party. Cloths are spread along the way, and Dasharatha comes with his sons. Janaka washes everyone's feet with respect and seats each on a fitting stool. He washes the feet of the lord of Avadh with a love and courtesy words cannot hold. Then he washes Rama's lotus feet, the feet hidden in the lotus of Shiva's heart, and, regarding the other three brothers as equal to Rama, washes theirs too with his own hands. Seats are given and the cooks summoned. Leaf plates are laid, pinned with gold and set with jewels. In a moment the skilled, courteous servers place before everyone dal, rice and fragrant ghee from the cow, pure and delicious.
सादर सब के पाय पखारे । जथाजोग पीढ़न्ह बैठारे ॥
धोये जनक अवधपति चरना । सील सनेह जाइ नहिँ बरना ॥
sādara saba ke pāya pakhāre | jathājoga pīr̤hanha baiṭhāre ||
dhoye janaka avadhapati caranā | sīla saneha jāi nahim̐ baranā ||
बहुरि राम-पद-पङ्कज धोये । जे हर-हृदय-कमल मह गोये ॥
तीनिउ भाइ राम सम जानी । धोये चरन जनक निज-पानी ॥
bahuri rāma-pada-paṅkaja dhoye | je hara-hṛdaya-kamala maha goye ||
tīniu bhāi rāma sama jānī | dhoye carana janaka nija-pānī ||
आसन उचित सबहि नृप दीन्हे । बोलि सूपकारी सब लीन्हे ॥
सादर लगे परन पनवारे । कनक-कील मनि पान सँवारे ॥
āsana ucita sabahi nṛpa dīnhe | boli sūpakārī saba līnhe ||
sādara lage parana panavāre | kanaka-kīla mani pāna sam̐vāre ||
सूपोदन सुरभी-सरपि, सुन्दर स्वाद पुनीत ।
छन महँ सब कें परसि गे, चतुर सुआर बिनीत ॥
sūpodana surabhī-sarapi, sundara svāda punīta |
chana maham̐ saba keṃ parasi ge, catura suāra binīta ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0