पञ्च कवल करि जेवन लागे । गारि गान सुनि अति अनुरागे ॥
भाँति अनेक परे पकवाने । सुधा सरिस नहिँ जाहिँ बखाने ॥
pañca kavala kari jevana lāge | gāri gāna suni ati anurāge ||
bhām̐ti aneka pare pakavāne | sudhā sarisa nahim̐ jāhim̐ bakhāne ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 329: The wedding feast and the playful songs
5 verses · 329 of 361
What happens in this chapter
The wedding feast and the playful songs
The guests take the first five morsels and begin to eat, delighted by the gaari, the teasing songs the women sing at a wedding meal. Sweets of many kinds are served, like amrit. The servers bring dish after dish whose names no one could know; the shruti speaks of four kinds of food, and here even one kind cannot be fully described. There are dishes of all six tastes, each in countless forms. As the men eat, the women sing their sweet teasing songs, naming each man of the party. The gaari suits the hour, and Dasharatha laughs with all his company. When all have eaten, water is offered for rinsing, and Janaka honours Dasharatha and his party with betel. The crown of kings returns happily to the guest lodge.
परुसन लगे सुआर सुजाना । बिञ्जन बिबिध नाम को जाना ॥
चारि भाँति भोजन बिधि गाई । एक एक विधि बरनि न जाई ॥
parusana lage suāra sujānā | biñjana bibidha nāma ko jānā ||
cāri bhām̐ti bhojana bidhi gāī | eka eka vidhi barani na jāī ||
छरस रुचिर बिञ्जन बहु जाती । एक एक रस अगनित भाँती ॥
जेवँत देहिँ मधुर धुनि गारी । लइ लइ नाम पुरुष अरु नारी ॥
charasa rucira biñjana bahu jātī | eka eka rasa aganita bhām̐tī ||
jevam̐ta dehim̐ madhura dhuni gārī | lai lai nāma puruṣa aru nārī ||
समय सुहावन गारि बिराजा । हँसत राउ सुनि सहित समाजा ॥
एहि बिधि सबहीं भोजन कीन्हा । आदर सहित आचमन दीन्हा ॥
samaya suhāvana gāri birājā | ham̐sata rāu suni sahita samājā ||
ehi bidhi sabahīṃ bhojana kīnhā | ādara sahita ācamana dīnhā ||
देइ पान पूजे जनक, दसरथ सहित समाज ।
जनवासेहि गवने मुदित, सकल-भूप-सिरताज ॥
dei pāna pūje janaka, dasaratha sahita samāja |
janavāsehi gavane mudita, sakala-bhūpa-siratāja ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0