सीय-स्वयम्बर-कथा सुहाई । सरित सुहावनि सो छबि छाई ॥
नदी नाव पटु प्रस्न अनेका । केवट कुसल उतर सबिबेका ॥
sīya-svayambara-kathā suhāī | sarita suhāvani so chabi chāī ||
nadī nāva paṭu prasna anekā | kevaṭa kusala utara sabibekā ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 41: Svayamvara, wedding and Kaikeyi's moss
5 verses · 41 of 361
What happens in this chapter
Svayamvara, wedding and Kaikeyi's moss
The katha of Sita's svayamvara is the beauty spread over the river. Clever questions are its boats and wise answers skilled boatmen; the talk among listeners is the crowd of travellers on the bank. Parashurama's anger is a fierce current, and Rama's gentle words the well-built ghat. The wedding of Rama and his brothers is the river in flood, and those who tell it with thrills are the bathers. The preparations for Rama's coronation are a festival crowd. Kaikeyi's evil counsel is the moss on the water, from which great calamity came. The doha: Bharata's conduct is the japa and yajna that calm every trouble, and talk of Kali's sins is the river's mud, herons and crows.
सुनि अनुकथन परसपर होई । पथिक-समाज सोह सरि सोई ॥
घोर धार भृगुनाथ रिसानी । घाट सुबद्ध राम बर बानी ॥
suni anukathana parasapara hoī | pathika-samāja soha sari soī ||
ghora dhāra bhṛgunātha risānī | ghāṭa subaddha rāma bara bānī ||
सानुज राम-बिबाह-उछाहू । सो सुभ उमग सुखद सब काहू ॥
कहत सुनत हरषहिँ पुलकाहीं । ते सुकृती मन मुदित नहाहीं ॥
sānuja rāma-bibāha-uchāhū | so subha umaga sukhada saba kāhū ||
kahata sunata haraṣahim̐ pulakāhīṃ | te sukṛtī mana mudita nahāhīṃ ||
राम तिलक हित मङ्गल साजा । परब जोग जनु जुरे समाजा ॥
काई कुमति केकई केरी । परी जासु फल बिपति घनेरी ॥
rāma tilaka hita maṅgala sājā | paraba joga janu jure samājā ||
kāī kumati kekaī kerī | parī jāsu phala bipati ghanerī ||
समन अमित उतपात सब, भरत चरित जप जाग ।
कलि अघ खल अवगुन कथन, ते जल मल बक काग ॥
samana amita utapāta saba, bharata carita japa jāga |
kali agha khala avaguna kathana, te jala mala baka kāga ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0