सुमन-बाटिका सबहिँ लगाई । विविध भाँति करि जतन बनाई ॥
लता ललित बहु जाति सुहाई । फूलहिँ सदा बसन्त कि नाई ॥
sumana-bāṭikā sabahim̐ lagāī | vividha bhām̐ti kari jatana banāī ||
latā lalita bahu jāti suhāī | phūlahim̐ sadā basanta ki nāī ||
Uttara Kanda
Chapter 28: Gardens, birds and the bazaar
6 verses · 28 of 130
What happens in this chapter
Gardens, birds and the bazaar
Everyone has planted a flower garden, its creepers blooming as if always in spring, with bees humming and a fragrant breeze. Children keep birds; peacocks, swans and doves sit on the roofs, see their reflections, call and dance. Children teach the parrots and mynas to say, Rama, Raghupati, protector of his people. The bazaar is beyond description; goods are had without payment. Where the king is Lakshmi's lord, how could its wealth be sung? Merchants and jewellers sit like so many Kuberas, and all, young and old, are happy and good. To the north flows the clear, deep Sarayu, with fine ghats and no mud on its banks.
गुंजत मधुकर मुखर मनोहर । मारुत त्रिविधि सदा बह सुन्दर ॥
नाना खग बालकन्हि जिआये । बोलत मधुर उड़ात सुहाये ॥
guṃjata madhukara mukhara manohara | māruta trividhi sadā baha sundara ||
nānā khaga bālakanhi jiāye | bolata madhura ur̤āta suhāye ||
मोर हंस सारस पारावत । भवननि पर सोभा अति पावत ॥
जहं तहँ देखहिँ निज परिछाहीं । बहु बिधि कूजहिँ नृत्य कराहीँ ॥
mora haṃsa sārasa pārāvata | bhavanani para sobhā ati pāvata ||
jahaṃ taham̐ dekhahim̐ nija parichāhīṃ | bahu bidhi kūjahim̐ nṛtya karāhīm̐ ||
सुक सारिका पढावहिं बालक । कहहु राम रघुपति जन-पालक ॥
राज दुआर सकल विधि चारू । बीथीं चौहट रूचिर बजारू ॥
suka sārikā paḍhāvahiṃ bālaka | kahahu rāma raghupati jana-pālaka ||
rāja duāra sakala vidhi cārū | bīthīṃ cauhaṭa rūcira bajārū ||
बाजार रुचिर न बनइ बरनत, बस्तु बिनु गथ पाइये ।
जहँ भूप रमानिवास तहँ की, सम्पदा किमि गाइये ॥
बैठे बजाज सराफ बनिक अनेक मनहुँ कुबेर ते ।
सब सुखी सब सच्चरित सुन्दर, नारि नर सिसु जरठ जे ॥
bājāra rucira na banai baranata, bastu binu gatha pāiye |
jaham̐ bhūpa ramānivāsa taham̐ kī, sampadā kimi gāiye ||
baiṭhe bajāja sarāpha banika aneka manahum̐ kubera te |
saba sukhī saba saccarita sundara, nāri nara sisu jaraṭha je ||
उत्तर दिसि सरजू बह, निर्मल जल गम्भीर ।
बाँधे घाट मनोहर, स्वल्प पङ्क नहिँ तीर ॥
uttara disi sarajū baha, nirmala jala gambhīra |
bām̐dhe ghāṭa manohara, svalpa paṅka nahim̐ tīra ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0