Doha 300
कलित करिबरन्हि परीं अँबारीं। कहि न जाहिं जेहि भाँति सँवारीं॥ चले मत्त गज घंट बिराजी। मनहुँ सुभग सावन घन राजी॥१॥
बाहन अपर अनेक बिधाना। सिबिका सुभग सुखासन जाना॥ तिन्ह चढ़ि चले बिप्रबर बृंदा। जनु तनु धरें सकल श्रुति छंदा॥२॥
मागध सूत बंदि गुनगायक। चले जान चढ़ि जो जेहि लायक॥ बेसर ऊँट बृषभ बहु जाती। चले बस्तु भरि अगनित भाँती॥३॥
कोटिन्ह काँवरि चले कहारा। बिबिध बस्तु को बरनै पारा॥ चले सकल सेवक समुदाई। निज निज साजु समाजु बनाई॥४॥
Meaning
On magnificent elephants were mounted splendid seats with canopies wrought in a manner beyond all description. Elephants in rut, adorned with clanging bells, headed like beautiful rumbling clouds in the rainy month of Śrāvaṇa (approximately corresponding to mid-July to mid-August). (1) There were various kinds of other vehicles, such as charming palanquins, sedans etc., on which rode hosts of noble Brāhmaṇas—incarnations, as it were, of all the hymns of the Vedas. (2) Genealogists, bards, panegyrists and rhapsodists too rode on vehicles appropriate to their respective rank; while mules, camels and oxen of various breeds carried on their backs commodities of innumerable kinds. (3) Millions of porters marched with loads of luggage slung across their shoulders; who could enumerate the varieties of goods they carried? Crowds of servants also proceeded on the journey equipping themselves in their own way and forming batches of their own. (4)
सब कें उर निर्भर हरषु पूरित पुलक सरीर। कबहिं देखिबे नयन भरि रामु लखनु दोउ बीर॥३००॥
Meaning
Each had boundless joy in his heart and a thrill ran through the bodies of all. They whispered to one another, “When shall we feast our eyes on the two heroes, Śrī Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa?” (300)
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