Doha 195
कैकयसुता सुमित्रा दोऊ। सुंदर सुत जनमत भैं ओऊ॥ वह सुख संपति समय समाजा। कहि न सकइ सारद अहिराजा॥१॥
अवधपुरी सोहइ एहि भाँती। प्रभुहि मिलन आई जनु राती॥ देखि भानु जनु मन सकुचानी। तदपि बनी संध्या अनुमानी॥२॥
अगर धूप बहु जनु अँधिआरी। उड़इ अबीर मनहुँ अरुनारी॥ मंदिर मनि समूह जनु तारा। नृप गृह कलस सो इंदु उदारा॥३॥
भवन बेदधुनि अति मृदु बानी। जनु खग मुखर समयँ जनु सानी॥ कौतुक देखि पतंग भुलाना। एक मास तेइँ जात न जाना॥४॥
Meaning
Kaikeyī and Sumitrā each gave birth to lovely boy(s). The joy, grandeur, solemnity of the occasion and the concourse of men were more than what Sarasvatī and the serpent-king ‘Śeṣa’ could describe. (1) The city of Ayodhyā wore a galla appearance; it looked as if Night had come to see the Lord and, feeling abashed, as it were, at the sight of the sun (her own lord), had deliberately stayed over in the form of twilight. (2) Clouds of incense represented the dusk; and handfuls of red powder tossed up and wafted in the air represented the redish light of sunset. The hosts of jewels that gleamed on house tops looked like so many stars; while the round pinnacle on the top of the royal palace looked like the enchanting moon. (3) The murmuring sound of the chanting of Veda in the palace resembled the chirping of birds, appropriate to the occasion. Gazing upon this spectacle the sun forgot himself; a whole month passed without his knowing it. (4)
मास दिवस कर दिवस भा मरम न जानइ कोइ। रथ समेत रबि थाकेउ निसा कवन बिधि होइ॥१९५॥
Meaning
The day assumed the length of a month; but no one was aware of the mystery. The sun stood motionless with his chariot; how could there be night? (195)
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