Doha 346
मोद प्रमोद बिबस सब माता। चलहिं न चरन सिथिल भए गाता॥ राम दरस हित अति अनुरागीं। परिछनि साजु सजन सब लागीं॥१॥
बिबिध बिधान बाजने बाजे। मंगल मुदित सुमित्राँ साजे॥ हरद दूब दधि पल्लव फूला। पान पूगफल मंगल मूला॥२॥
अच्छत अंकुर लोचन लाजा। मंजुल मंजरि तुलसि बिराजा॥ छुहे पुरट घट सहज सुहाए। मदन सकुन जनु नीड़ बनाए॥३॥
सगुन सुगंध न जाहिं बखानी। मंगल सकल सजहिं सब रानी॥ रचीं आरतीं बहुत बिधाना। मुदित करहिं कल मंगल गाना॥४॥
Meaning
All the mothers were so overcome with joy and rapture that their feet refused to move ahead and all their limbs began to droop, as it were. Full of intense longing for a sight of Śrī Rāma, they began to get everything ready for the Āratī (Parichana). (1) Music of every kind started playing, while Sumitrā gladly got together articles of good omen such as turmeric, blades of Dūrvā grass, curds, ordinary leaves, flowers, betel-leaves, areca-nuts, auspicious roots, (2) unbroken rice, sprouts of barley, Gorocana, parched paddy and lovely blossoms of the Basil plant. Exceedingly charming gold vases, painted with various colours, looked like nests built by Cupid’s own birds. (3) Auspicious perfumes defied all description. In this way all the queens prepared all sorts of felicitous articles. They got ready rows of lamps arranged in various devices for Āratī of their sons and with cheerful heart sang melodious festal strains. (4)
कनक थार भरि मंगलन्हि कमल करन्हि लिएँ मात। चलीं मुदित परिछनि करन पुलक पल्लवित गात॥३४६॥
Meaning
Carrying in their lotus hands salvers of gold laden with articles of good omen, the queen-mothers proceeded joyfully to perform Āratī (आरती), ‘Parichana’, by way of welcome, every limb of their body throbbing with emotion. (346)
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