Bala Kanda

Chapter 343: Janaka at Vishvamitra's feet; the road home

5 verses · 343 of 361

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Janaka at Vishvamitra's feet; the road home

After repeated words of praise and courtesy, Rama moves on with his brothers. Janaka goes and clasps Vishvamitra's feet, putting their dust on his head and eyes. Hear, lord of munis, he says: through the grace of seeing you nothing is beyond reach, I am sure of it. The joy and fame that the guardians of the worlds long for, yet hesitate even to wish for, have come to me easily, master; every attainment follows the sight of you. Bowing again and again, he receives the blessing and turns back. The wedding party moves off to the beat of drums. Halting at good places and gladdening people on the way, the party reaches the outskirts of Avadh on an auspicious day.

343.1

बार बार करि विनय बड़ाई । रघुपति चले सङ्ग सब भाई ॥
जनक गहे कौसिक पद जाई । चरन-रेनु सिर नयनन्हि लाई ॥

bāra bāra kari vinaya bar̤āī | raghupati cale saṅga saba bhāī ||
janaka gahe kausika pada jāī | carana-renu sira nayananhi lāī ||

343.2

सुनु मुनीस बर-दरसन तोरें । अगम न कछु प्रतीति मन मोरें ॥
जो सुख सुजसु लोकपति चहहीं । करत मनोरथ सकुचत अहहीं ॥

sunu munīsa bara-darasana toreṃ | agama na kachu pratīti mana moreṃ ||
jo sukha sujasu lokapati cahahīṃ | karata manoratha sakucata ahahīṃ ||

343.3

सो सुख सुजस सुलभ मोहि स्वामी । सर सिधि तव दरसन अनुगामी ॥
कीन्हि बिनय पुनि पुनि सिरु नाई । फिरे महीसु आसिषा पाई ॥

so sukha sujasa sulabha mohi svāmī | sara sidhi tava darasana anugāmī ||
kīnhi binaya puni puni siru nāī | phire mahīsu āsiṣā pāī ||

343.4

चली बरात निसान बजाई । मुदित छोट बड़ सब समुदाई ॥
रामहि निरखि ग्राम-नर-नारी । पाइ नयन-फल होहिं सुखारी ॥

calī barāta nisāna bajāī | mudita choṭa bar̤a saba samudāī ||
rāmahi nirakhi grāma-nara-nārī | pāi nayana-phala hohiṃ sukhārī ||

दो॰ 343Doha

बीच बीच बर बास करि, मग लोगन्ह सुख देत ।
अवध समीप पुनीत दिन, पहुँची आइ जनेत ॥

bīca bīca bara bāsa kari, maga loganha sukha deta |
avadha samīpa punīta dina, pahum̐cī āi janeta ||

Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0