Doha 354
सब बिधि सबहि समदि नरनाहू। रहा हृदयँ भरि पूरि उछाहू॥ जहँ रनिवासु तहाँ पगु धारे। सहित बहूटिन्ह कुअँर निहारे॥१॥
लिए गोद करि मोद समेता। को कहि सकइ भयउ सुखु जेता॥ बधू सप्रेम गोद बैठारीं। बार बार हियँ हरषि दुलारीं॥२॥
देखि समाजु मुदित रनिवासू। सब कें उर अनंद कियो बासू॥ कहेउ भूप जिमि भयउ बिबाहू। सुनि सुनि हरषु होत सब काहू॥३॥
जनक राज गुन सीलु बड़ाई। प्रीति रीति संपदा सुहाई॥ बहुबिधि भूप भाट जिमि बरनी। रानी सब प्रमुदित सुनि करनी॥४॥
Meaning
Having shown everyone all honour, the king, whose heart was brimming over with joy, visited the queens’ apartments and beheld the princes with their brides. (1) He gladly took the boys in his arms and experienced a thrill of joy which nobody could tell. Similarly, he affectionately seated the brides on his lap and endearingly loved them again and again with a heart full of rapture. (2) The ladies of the gynaeceum were delighted to behold this spectacle; the heart of everyone became an abode of joy. The king related how the wedding had taken place and everyone was delighted to hear the account. (3) The excellence, amiability, nobility, loving nature and the splendid wealth of King Janaka were extolled by King Daśaratha in a variety of ways even as a rhapsodist would do; and the queens were enraptured to hear of Janaka’s doings. (4)
सुतन्ह समेत नहाइ नृप बोलि बिप्र गुर ग्याति। भोजन कीन्ह अनेक बिधि घरी पंच गइ राति॥३५४॥
Meaning
After bathing with his sons the king called the Brāhmaṇas, the preceptor and his own kinsmen and they all feasted on a variety of dishes till a couple of hours of the night passed. (354)
Ramayan appFree. No ads. Works offline.InstallFrom the Gita Press, Gorakhpur edition. Buy the book