पुरबासी सुनि चलिहि बराता । पूछत विकल परसपर बाता ॥
सत्य गवन सुनि सब बिलखाने । मनहुँ साँझ सरसिज सकुचाने ॥
purabāsī suni calihi barātā | pūchata vikala parasapara bātā ||
satya gavana suni saba bilakhāne | manahum̐ sām̐jha sarasija sakucāne ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 333: Janakpur grieves, Janaka sends a vast dowry
5 verses · 333 of 361
What happens in this chapter
Janakpur grieves, Janaka sends a vast dowry
The people of Janakpur hear that the wedding party will leave and anxiously ask one another if it is true. Learning that it is, they wilt like lotuses closing at dusk. At every halt where the party had stayed on its way, Janaka sends cooked food, dried fruits and sweets beyond description, carried by countless bearers and loaded on bullocks. He also sends a lakh of horses, twenty-five thousand chariots adorned from end to end, and ten thousand rutting elephants so splendid that the elephants of the quarters feel ashamed, with carts full of gold, cloth and gems, buffaloes, cows and goods of every kind. Videha gives a dowry past counting, so great that the guardians of the worlds think their own wealth small beside it.
जहँ जहँ आवत बसे बराती । तहँ तहँ सिद्ध चला बहु भाँती ॥
बिबिध भाँति मेवा पकवाना । भोजन साजु न जाइ बखाना ॥
jaham̐ jaham̐ āvata base barātī | taham̐ taham̐ siddha calā bahu bhām̐tī ||
bibidha bhām̐ti mevā pakavānā | bhojana sāju na jāi bakhānā ||
भरि भरि बसहँ अपार कहारा । पठई जनक अनेक सुसारा ॥
तुरग-लाख रथ-सहस-पचीसा । सकल सँवारे नख अरु सीसा ॥
bhari bhari basaham̐ apāra kahārā | paṭhaī janaka aneka susārā ||
turaga-lākha ratha-sahasa-pacīsā | sakala sam̐vāre nakha aru sīsā ||
मत्त सहस दस सिन्धुर साजे । जिन्हहिं देखि दिसि-कुञ्जर लाजे ॥
कनक बसन मनि भरि भरि जाना । महिषीं धेनु बस्तु बिधि नाना ॥
matta sahasa dasa sindhura sāje | jinhahiṃ dekhi disi-kuñjara lāje ||
kanaka basana mani bhari bhari jānā | mahiṣīṃ dhenu bastu bidhi nānā ||
दाइज अमित न सकिअ कहि, दीन्ह बिदेहँ बहोरि ।
जो अवलोकत लोकपति, लोक सम्पदा थोरि ॥
dāija amita na sakia kahi, dīnha bideham̐ bahori |
jo avalokata lokapati, loka sampadā thori ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0