Doha 322
The wedding of Sītā and Śrī Rāma and Their farewell
समउ बिलोकि बसिष्ठ बोलाए। सादर सतानंदु सुनि आए॥ बेगि कुअँरि अब आनहु जाई। चले मुदित मुनि आयसु पाई॥१॥
रानी सुनि उपरोहित बानी। प्रमुदित सखिन्ह समेत सयानी॥ बिप्र बधू कुल बृद्ध बोलाईं। करि कुलरीति सुमंगल गाईं॥२॥
नारि बेष जे सुर बर बामा। सकल सुभायँ सुंदरी स्यामा॥ तिन्हहि देखि सुखु पावहिं नारीं। बिनु पहिचानि प्रानहु ते प्यारीं॥३॥
बार बार सनमानहिं रानी। उमा रमा सारद सम जानी॥ सीय सँवारि समाजु बनाई। मुदित मंडपहिं चलीं लवाई॥४॥
Meaning
Perceiving that the time of wedding ceremony had arrived, Vasiṣṭha sent for Śatānanda with all due honour, and on hearing the call, the latter came with all reverence. “Kindly go and bring the bride quickly now.” Receiving the sage’s word, he gladly left. (1) The wise queen with her associates was highly pleased to hear the priest’s message; she sent for a few Brāhmaṇa ladies and the elder ladies of the family, who performed the family rites and sang charming festal songs. (2) The consorts of the principal gods, who were disguised as mortal women, were all naturally lovely and in the prime of their youth. The ladies of Janaka’s household were delighted to see them and, even though none recognized them, the ladies held them dearer than their life. (3) The queen honoured them again and again treating them on a par with Umā, Ramā and Sarasvatī. After adorning Sītā and forming a circle about Her, they joyously conducted Her to the marriage-ceremony enclosure (Maṇḍapa). (4)
चलि ल्याइ सीतहि सखीं सादर सजि सुमंगल भामिनीं। नवसप्त साजे सुंदरीं सब मत्त कुंजर गामिनीं॥ कल गान सुनि मुनि ध्यान त्यागहिं काम कोकिल लाजहीं। मंजीर नूपुर कलित कंकन ताल गति बर बाजहीं॥
Meaning
Equipping themselves with auspicious materials, Sītā’s companions and other ladies conducted Her to the pavilion (Maṇḍapa) with due honour; each of them was lovely of form with all the sixteen forms of adornment and moved with the grace of an elephant in rut. The sound of their melodious strains was such as would make the sages give up their meditation and Love’s own cuckoos were abashed. Their ornaments for the toes and ankles and the charming bangles on their wrists produced a delightful sound keeping time with their songs.
सोहति बनिता बृंद महुँ सहज सुहावनि सीय। छबि ललना गन मध्य जनु सुषमा तिय कमनीय॥३२२॥
Meaning
Sītā in Her native loveliness shone forth among the bevy of ladies as a charming personification of Beauty in the midst of the Graces. (322)
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