भूप भवन तेहि अवसर सोहा । रचना देखि मदन मन मोहा ॥
मङ्गल सगुन मनोहरताई । रिधि सिधि सुख सम्पदा सुहाई ॥
bhūpa bhavana tehi avasara sohā | racanā dekhi madana mana mohā ||
maṅgala saguna manoharatāī | ridhi sidhi sukha sampadā suhāī ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 345: The palace glows; the mothers lose themselves
5 verses · 345 of 361
What happens in this chapter
The palace glows; the mothers lose themselves
At that hour Dasharatha's palace is so lovely that even Kamadeva is charmed by its arrangement. Auspicious signs, prosperity, attainments, joy and wealth all seem to have taken bodies and come to Dasharatha's house of their own accord. Who would not long to see Rama and Vaidehi? Married women set out in groups, their beauty outshining Rati's, carrying arati lamps and every auspicious thing, singing as if Sarasvati had taken many forms. The palace rings with a joyful clamour no words can hold. Kausalya and Rama's other mothers, overcome by love, forget their own bodies. They give lavish gifts to Brahmanas and worship Ganesha and Shiva, rejoicing like the very poor who have suddenly gained all four aims of life.
जनु उछाह सब सहज सुहाये । तनु धरि धरि दसरथ दसरथ गृहँ आये ॥
देखन हेतु राम वैदेही । कहहु लालसा होइ न केही ॥
janu uchāha saba sahaja suhāye | tanu dhari dhari dasaratha dasaratha gṛham̐ āye ||
dekhana hetu rāma vaidehī | kahahu lālasā hoi na kehī ||
जुथ जूथ मिलि चलीँ सुआसिनि । निज छबि निदरहिँ मदन-बिलासनि ॥
सकल सुमङ्गल सजें आरती । गावहिँ जनु बहु बेष भारती ॥
jutha jūtha mili calīm̐ suāsini | nija chabi nidarahim̐ madana-bilāsani ||
sakala sumaṅgala sajeṃ āratī | gāvahim̐ janu bahu beṣa bhāratī ||
भूपति भवन कोलाहल होई । जाइ न बरनि समउ सुख सोई ॥
कौसल्यादि राम महतारीं । प्रेम-बिबस तनु दसा बिसारीं ॥
bhūpati bhavana kolāhala hoī | jāi na barani samau sukha soī ||
kausalyādi rāma mahatārīṃ | prema-bibasa tanu dasā bisārīṃ ||
दिये दान बिप्रन्ह बिपुल, पूजि गनेस पुरारि ।
प्रमुदित परम दरिद्र जनु, पाइ पदारथ चारि ॥
diye dāna bipranha bipula, pūji ganesa purāri |
pramudita parama daridra janu, pāi padāratha cāri ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0