Doha 27
नारदादि सनकादि मुनीसा। दरसन लागि कोसलाधीसा॥ दिन प्रति सकल अजोध्या आवहिं। देखि नगरु बिरागु बिसरावहिं॥१॥
जातरूप मनि रचित अटारीं। नाना रंग रुचिर गच ढारीं॥ पुर चहुँ पास कोट अति सुंदर। रचे कँगूरा रंग रंग बर॥२॥
नव ग्रह निकर अनीक बनाई। जनु घेरी अमरावति आई॥ महि बहु रंग रचित गच काँचा। जो बिलोकि मुनिबर मन नाचा॥३॥
धवल धाम ऊपर नभ चुंबत। कलस मनहुँ रबि ससि दुति निंदत॥ बहु मनि रचित झरोखा भ्राजहिं। गृह गृह प्रति मनि दीप बिराजहिं॥४॥
Meaning
All great sages like Nārada, Sanaka and others came to Ayodhyā every day to have a reverential view (Darśana) of Śrī Rāma, the Lord of Kosala, and forgot all their dispassion for the world the moment they saw the city— (1) with its attics built of gold and jewels and having splendid pavements laid in diverse colours. A most beautiful boundary wall with its battlements painted in different colours enclosed the city on all sides, (2) as though the nine planets had mustered a large army and besieged Amarāvatī (Indra’s capital). The ground (the streets and squares etc.) was so beautifully paved with crystals of various colours that the mind of even the greatest sages would be enraptured at the sight. (3) The white palaces were so high as to reach the skies; their shining pinnacles put to shame, as it were, the effulgence of the sun and the moon. Latticed windows made of diverse precious stones shone here and there; while every house was lit up with jewels that served as lamps. (4)
मनि दीप राजहिं भवन भ्राजहिं देहरीं बिद्रुम रची। मनि खंभ भीति बिरंचि बिरची कनक मनि मरकत खची॥ सुंदर मनोहर मंदिरायत अजिर रुचिर फटिक रचे। प्रति द्वार द्वार कपाट पुरट बनाइ बहु बज्रन्हि खचे॥
Meaning
The mansions were illumined by jewels that served as so many lamps and had shining thresholds made of coral, pillars of jewels and walls of gold inlaid with emeralds, which were as lovely as though they had been built by the Creator (Brahmā) himself. Beautiful, charming and commodious as the palaces were, they had their courtyards inworked with crystal, and every gate thereof was provided with doors of gold embossed with diamonds.
चारु चित्रसाला गृह गृह प्रति लिखे बनाइ। राम चरित जे निरख मुनि ते मन लेहिं चोराइ॥२७॥
Meaning
Every house equipped with a hall adorned with lovely frescos which had Śrī Rāma’s exploits reproduced in such beautiful colours that they would ravish the mind of the sages who looked at them. (27)
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