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Having honoured everyone, Dasharatha, his heart brimming with joy, goes to the queens' apartments and looks upon his sons with their brides. He takes them on his lap with delight; who can tell the happiness he feels? He seats the brides on his lap with love and caresses them again and again. The women of the palace rejoice to see it, and joy settles in every heart. The king tells how the wedding took place, and all are thrilled to hear it. Like a bard he praises King Janaka's virtue, courtesy, love and wealth, and the queens are delighted. The king bathes with his sons, calls the Brahmanas, the guru and his kin, and they feast until five ghatis of the night have passed.
सब विधि सबहि समदि नरनाहू । रहा हृदयँ भरि पूरि उछाहू ॥
जहँ रनिवास तहाँ पगु धारे । सहित बहूटिन्ह कुअँर निहारे ॥
saba vidhi sabahi samadi naranāhū | rahā hṛdayam̐ bhari pūri uchāhū ||
jaham̐ ranivāsa tahām̐ pagu dhāre | sahita bahūṭinha kuam̐ra nihāre ||
लिये गोद करि मोद समेता । को कहि सकइ भयउ सुख जेता ॥
बधू सप्रेम गोद बैठारीं । बार बार हियँ हरषि दुलारीं ॥
liye goda kari moda sametā | ko kahi sakai bhayau sukha jetā ||
badhū saprema goda baiṭhārīṃ | bāra bāra hiyam̐ haraṣi dulārīṃ ||
देखि, समाज मुदित रनिवासू । सब कें उर अनन्द कियो बासू ॥
कहेउ भूप जिमि भयउ बिबाहू । सुनि हरष हाइ सब काहू ॥
dekhi, samāja mudita ranivāsū | saba keṃ ura ananda kiyo bāsū ||
kaheu bhūpa jimi bhayau bibāhū | suni haraṣa hāi saba kāhū ||
जनक राज गुन सीलु बड़ाई । प्रीति रीति सम्पदा सुहाई ॥
बहु बिधि भूप भाट जिमि बरनी । रानीं सब प्रमुदित सुनि करनी ॥
janaka rāja guna sīlu bar̤āī | prīti rīti sampadā suhāī ||
bahu bidhi bhūpa bhāṭa jimi baranī | rānīṃ saba pramudita suni karanī ||
सुतन्ह समेत नहाइ नृप, बोलि बिप्र गुरु ज्ञाति ।
भोजन कीन्ह अनेक विधि, घरी पञ्च गइ राति ॥
sutanha sameta nahāi nṛpa, boli bipra guru jñāti |
bhojana kīnha aneka vidhi, gharī pañca gai rāti ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0
