मङ्गल गान करहिँ बर भामिनि । भइ सुखमूल मनोहर जामिनि ॥
अँचइ पान सब काहूँ पाये । खग-सुगन्ध भूषित छबि छाये ॥
maṅgala gāna karahim̐ bara bhāmini | bhai sukhamūla manohara jāmini ||
am̐cai pāna saba kāhūm̐ pāye | khaga-sugandha bhūṣita chabi chāye ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 355: Look after the young brides, says the king
5 verses · 355 of 361
What happens in this chapter
Look after the young brides, says the king
Fine women sing auspicious songs, and the night becomes lovely and full of joy. Everyone receives betel. Looking at Rama and taking the king's leave, all bow and go to their homes. Tulsidas says that the love, joy, play and splendour of that hour could not be told by a hundred Sharadas and Sheshas, nor by Brahma or Mahesha; how then can he describe it? Can an earthworm carry the earth on its head? The king, having honoured everyone, calls the queens and gently says: the brides are young girls who have come to a strange house; keep them as the eyelids keep the eyes. The boys are tired and sleepy; go and put them to bed. So saying, he goes to his rest, his mind on Rama's feet.
रामहि देखि रजायसु पाई । निज निज भवन चले सिर नाई ॥
प्रेम प्रमोद बिनोद बड़ाई । समउ समाज मनोहरताई ॥
rāmahi dekhi rajāyasu pāī | nija nija bhavana cale sira nāī ||
prema pramoda binoda bar̤āī | samau samāja manoharatāī ||
कहि न सकहिँ सत सारद सेसू । बेद बिरञ्चि महेस गनेसू ॥
सो मैं कहउँ कवन विधि बरनी । भूमिनाग सिर धरइ कि धरनी ॥
kahi na sakahim̐ sata sārada sesū | beda birañci mahesa ganesū ||
so maiṃ kahaum̐ kavana vidhi baranī | bhūmināga sira dharai ki dharanī ||
नृप सब भाँति सबहिँ सनमानी । कहि मृदु बचन बोलाई रानी ॥
बधू लरिकनीं पर घर आईं । राखेउ नयन पलक की नाई ॥
nṛpa saba bhām̐ti sabahim̐ sanamānī | kahi mṛdu bacana bolāī rānī ||
badhū larikanīṃ para ghara āīṃ | rākheu nayana palaka kī nāī ||
लरिका श्रमित उनीद-अस, सयन करावहु जाइ ।
अस कहि गे बिश्रामगृहँ, राम-चरन चित लाइ ॥
larikā śramita unīda-asa, sayana karāvahu jāi |
asa kahi ge biśrāmagṛham̐, rāma-carana cita lāi ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0