Doha 193
सुनि सिसु रुदन परम प्रिय बानी। संभ्रम चलि आईं सब रानी॥ हरषित जहँ तहँ धाईं दासी। आनँद मगन सकल पुरबासी॥ १ ॥
दसरथ पुत्रजन्म सुनि काना। मानहुँ ब्रह्मानंद समाना॥ परम प्रेम मन पुलक सरीरा। चाहत उठन करत मति धीरा॥२॥
जाकर नाम सुनत सुभ होई। मोरें गृह आवा प्रभु सोई॥ परमानंद पूरि मन राजा। कहा बोलाइ बजावहु बाजा॥३॥
गुर बसिष्ठ कहँ गयउ हँकारा। आए द्विजन सहित नृपद्वारा॥ अनुपम बालक देखेन्हि जाई। रूप रासि गुन कहि न सिराई॥ ४ ॥
Meaning
On hearing the most pleasing sound of the baby’s cry all the queens came in a flurry. Maid-servants ran helter-skelter in great delight; all the people of the city were exhilarated with joy. (1) When the tidings of the birth of a son reached Daśaratha’s ears, he was immersed, as it were, in the bliss of ecstasy of absorption into Brahma. With a mind saturated with the highest love and with a body thrilling all over with joy he sought to get up, while attempting to retrieve his senses. (2) ‘The same Lord, whose very Name brings blessings with It even as It reaches one’s ears, has arrived at my house’, he said to himself; and the thought filled his mind with supreme joy. Sending for musicians he said, “Play your bands.” (3) The preceptor Vasiṣṭha was also summoned and he called at the palace door, with a host of Brāhmaṇas. They all went in and gazed upon the peerless babe, who was an embodiment of supreme beauty and possessed excellences more than one could tell. (4)
नंदीमुख सराध करि जातकरम सब कीन्ह। हाटक धेनु बसन मनि नृप बिप्रन्ह कहँ दीन्ह॥१९३॥
Meaning
After performing the Nandīmukha Śrāddha* the king completed all the rites connected with the birth of a child and made gifts of gold, cows, raiment and jewels to the Brāhmaṇas. (193) * A commemorative offering to the Manes preliminary to any joyous occasion, such as investiture with the sacred thread, wedding etc.
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