Doha 334
सबु समाजु एहि भाँति बनाई। जनक अवधपुर दीन्ह पठाई॥ चलिहि बरात सुनत सब रानीं। बिकल मीनगन जनु लघु पानीं॥१॥
पुनि पुनि सीय गोद करि लेहीं। देइ असीस सिखावनु देहीं॥ होएहु संतत पियहि पिआरी। चिरु अहिबात असीस हमारी॥२॥
सासु ससुर गुर सेवा करेहू। पति रुख लखि आयसु अनुसरेहू॥ अति सनेह बस सखीं सयानी। नारि धरम सिखवहिं मृदु बानी॥३॥
सादर सकल कुअँरि समुझाईं। रानिन्ह बार बार उर लाईं॥ बहुरि बहुरि भेटहिं महतारीं। कहहिं बिरंचि रचीं कत नारीं॥४॥
Meaning
Having got all the equipage arranged in the order mentioned above, Janaka had everything despatched to Ayodhyā. When the queens heard that the marriage-party was ready to leave, they all felt miserable even as fish when faced with shortage of water. (1) Again and again they took Sītā in their lap and blessed and exhorted her saying: “May you be ever beloved of your lord, and may you live long with him: this is our blessing. (2) “Serve the father-in-law and mothers-in-law and elders and do their biddings according to the pleasure of your husband.” In their excess of love Sītā’s astute companions too explained to her in soft accents the duties of a housewife. (3) The queens politely admonished all the other princesses too and clasped them to their bosom again and again; and as the mothers embraced their daughters again and again, they exclaimed, “Why did Brahmā ever create women?” (4)
तेहि अवसर भाइन्ह सहित रामु भानु कुल केतु। चले जनक मंदिर मुदित बिदा करावन हेतु॥३३४॥
Meaning
That very moment did Śrī Rāma, the chief of the solar race, gladly proceeded along with His brothers to Janaka’s palace to take leave. (334)
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