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कीन्ह प्रनामु चरन धरि माथा। दीन्हि असीस मुदित मुनिनाथा॥ बिप्रबृंद सब सादर बंदे। जानि भाग्य बड़ राउ अनंदे॥१॥
कुसल प्रस्न कहि बारहिं बारा। बिस्वामित्र नृपहि बैठारा॥ तेहि अवसर आए दोउ भाई। गए रहे देखन फुलवाई॥२॥
स्याम गौर मृदु बयस किसोरा। लोचन सुखद बिस्व चित चोरा॥ उठे सकल जब रघुपति आए। बिस्वामित्र निकट बैठाए॥३॥
भए सब सुखी देखि दोउ भ्राता। बारि बिलोचन पुलकित गाता॥ मूरति मधुर मनोहर देखी। भयउ बिदेहु बिदेहु बिसेषी॥४॥
Meaning
Placing his head on the sage’s feet the king made obeisance to him; while the lord of the sages, Viśvāmitra, gladly gave him his blessing. The king then respectfully saluted the Brāhmaṇas and felt blessed on his good fortune (in being able to receive them). (1) Inquiring again and again about his welfare, Viśvāmitra led the king to a seat. At that very time arrived the two brothers, who had gone out to see the garden. (2) One dark and the other fair, the two lads were yet tender of age. The delight of all eyes, they steal the heart of the whole world. All those present there rose when Śrī Raghunātha came; Viśvāmitra seated Him by his side. (3) They were all delighted to see the two brothers; tears rushed to their eyes and the hair on their bodies bristled with joy. Beholding Śrī Rāma’s lovely and charming form, King Videha* (Janaka) was particularly beside himself with joy. (4) * There is a pun on the word ‘Videha’ in the original. The kings of Mithilā enjoyed the hereditary title of ‘Videha’ because they ruled over the territory of Videha (Mithilā). King Janaka was also a man of wisdom and had, therefore, no feeling of self-identification with the body. At the sight of Śrī Rāma, however, he was completely oblivious of his self and therefore justified his name ‘Videha’ in a special degree.
प्रेम मगन मनु जानि नृपु करि बिबेकु धरि धीर। बोलेउ मुनि पद नाइ सिरु गदगद गिरा गभीर॥२१५॥
Meaning
Finding his heart overwhelmed with love, the king recovered himself by recourse to dispassion and, bowing his head at the sage’s feet, spoke the following expressive words in a voice choked with emotion: (215)
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