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title: "Bal Kand Doha 325"
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# Bal Kand · Doha 325

**चौ०** 
> कुअँरु कुअँरि कल भावँरि देहीं। नयन लाभु सब सादर लेहीं॥  
> जाइ न बरनि मनोहर जोरी। जो उपमा कछु कहौं सो थोरी॥ १ ॥

**चौ०** 
> राम सीय सुंदर प्रतिछाहीं। जगमगात मनि खंभन माहीं॥  
> मनहुँ मदन रति धरि बहु रूपा। देखत राम बिआहु अनूपा॥ २ ॥

**चौ०** 
> दरस लालसा सकुच न थोरी। प्रगटत दुरत बहोरि बहोरी॥  
> भए मगन सब देखनिहारे। जनक समान अपान बिसारे॥ ३ ॥

**चौ०** 
> प्रमुदित मुनिन्ह भावँरीं फेरीं। नेगसहित सब रीति निबेरीं॥  
> राम सीय सिर सेंदुर देहीं। सोभा कहि न जाति बिधि केहीं॥ ४ ॥

**चौ०** 
> अरुन पराग जलजु भरि नीकें। ससिहि भूष अहि लोभ अमी कें॥  
> बहुरि बसिष्ठ दीन्हि अनुसासन। बरु दुलहिनि बैठे एक आसन॥ ५ ॥

Meaning: The Bride and Bridegroom performed the circumambulation with charming paces, while all present looked at them reverentially and got the supreme bliss of their eyes. The lovely couple was beyond description; whatever comparison might be given it would fall short of the reality. (1)

Lovely images of Śrī Rāma and Sītā were reflected on the pillars of jewels and shone as if Love and his consort, Rati, witnessed Śrī Rāma’s matchless wedding, appearing in numerous forms. (2)

Their curiosity and bashfulness were equally great; that is why they revealed themselves and went out of sight again and again. All the viewers were enraptured; like Janaka, they all became oblivious of themselves. (3)

Joyously the sages bade the Bride and Bridegroom pace round the fire and accomplished all the rites including the ceremonial gifts. Śrī Rāma applied vermilion to Sītā’s head, a sight the exquisite beauty of which was altogether beyond description. (4)

It seemed as if with a lotus surcharged with reddish pollen, a serpent thirsting for nectar decorated the moon. Then Vasiṣṭha gave the direction and the Bride and Bridegroom sat together on the same Āsana (sitting-mat). (5)

**छं०** 
> बैठे बरासन रामु जानकि मुदित मन दसरथु भए।  
> तनु पुलक पुनि पुनि देखि अपनें सुकृत सुरतरु फल नए॥  
> भरि भुवन रहा उछाहु राम बिबाहु भा सबहीं कहा।  
> केहि भाँति बरनि सिरात रसना एक यहु मंगलु महा॥ १ ॥

**छं०** 
> तब जनक पाइ बसिष्ठ आयसु ब्याह साज सँवारि कै।  
> मांडवी श्रुतकीरति उरमिला कुअँरि लईं हँकारि कै॥  
> कुसकेतु कन्या प्रथम जो गुन सील सुख सोभामई।  
> सब रीति प्रीति समेत करि सो ब्याहि नृप भरतहि दई॥ २ ॥

**छं०** 
> जानकी लघु भगिनी सकल सुंदरि सिरोमनि जानि कै।  
> सो तनय दीन्ही ब्याहि लखनहि सकल बिधि सनमानि कै॥  
> जेहि नामु श्रुतकीरति सुलोचनि सुमुखि सब गुन आगरी।  
> सो दई रिपुसूदनहि भूपति रूप सील उजागरी॥ ३ ॥

**छं०** 
> अनुरूप बर दुलहिनि परस्पर लखि सकुच हियँ हरषहीं।  
> सब मुदित सुंदरता सराहहिं सुमन सुर गन बरषहीं॥  
> सुंदरीं सुंदर बरन्ह सह सब एक मंडप राजहीं।  
> जनु जीव उर चारिउ अवस्था बिभुन सहित बिराजहीं॥ ४ ॥

Meaning: Śrī Rāma and Princess Jānakī sat together on an exalted seat (Āsana) and King Daśaratha was glad at heart to see them. Joy thrilled along his veins again and again as he perceived the wish-yielding tree of his meritorious deeds bear new fruit. There was rejoicing all over the universe; everyone proclaimed that Śrī Rāma’s wedding had been accomplished. With one tongue how could anyone describe in full the magnificent and auspicious event, the joy of which knew no bounds? (1)

Then, receiving Vasiṣṭha’s order, Janaka sent for the other three princesses, Māṇḍavī, Śrutakīrti and Urmilā, each clad in a bride’s attire. The eldest daughter of Janaka’s younger brother Kuśaketu, Māṇḍavī, who was an embodiment of excellence, virtue, serenity and elegance, the king gave in marriage to Bharata after performing all the rites with love.(2)

Jānakī’s younger sister, Urmilā, whom he knew to be the crest-jewel of charming girls, Janaka gave in marriage to Lakṣmaṇa with all honour. Finally, the bright-eyed and fair-faced princess Śrutakīrti, who was a mine of all virtues and was well-known for her beauty and amiability, the king gave in marriage to Śatrughna. (3)

When each pair of bride and bridegroom saw that they were well-matched with each other* pair, they felt shy, but rejoiced in their heart of hearts; everyone joyfully applauded the beauty of each pair, while the gods rained down flowers. All the lovely brides with their handsome bridegrooms shone forth in the same pavilion as though the four states of consciousness (viz., waking, dream, sound sleep and absorption into Brahma) with their respective lords (viz., Viśva, Tejas, Prājña and Brahma), gleamed all at once in the heart of a ‘Jīva’ (an individual). (4)

* Rāma and Bharata, who had a swarthy complexion were united with Sītā and Māṇḍavī respectively (who were both fair in complexion); while Lakṣmaṇa and Śatrughna (who were fair of hue) were married to Urmilā and Śrutakīrti (both of whom were swarthy of complexion).

**दो०** 
> मुदित अवधपति सकल सुत बधुन्ह समेत निहारि।  
> जनु पाए महिपाल मनि क्रियन्ह सहित फल चारि॥ ३२५ ॥

Meaning: Daśaratha, the king of Ayodhyā, was delighted to see his four sons with their brides, as though that jewel of monarchs had realized the four ends of life, (viz., worldly riches, religious merit, sensuous enjoyment and Liberation) alongwith the four processes of their realization (viz., sacrificial performances, piety, practice of Yoga and spiritual exercises). (325)

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