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title: "Uttar Kand Doha 29"
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# Uttar Kand · Doha 29

**चौ०** 
> दूरि फराक रुचिर सो घाटा। जहँ जल पिअहिं बाजि गज ठाटा॥  
> पनिघट परम मनोहर नाना। तहाँ न पुरुष करहिं अस्नाना॥१॥

**चौ०** 
> राजघाट सब बिधि सुंदर बर। मज्जहिं तहाँ बरन चारिउ नर॥  
> तीर तीर देवन्ह के मंदिर। चहुँ दिसि तिन्ह के उपबन सुंदर॥२॥

**चौ०** 
> कहुँ कहुँ सरिता तीर उदासी। बसहिं ग्यान रत मुनि संन्यासी॥  
> तीर तीर तुलसिका सुहाई। बृंद बृंद बहु मुनिन्ह लगाई॥३॥

**चौ०** 
> पुर सोभा कछु बरनि न जाई। बाहेर नगर परम रुचिराई॥  
> देखत पुरी अखिल अघ भागा। बन उपबन बापिका तड़ागा॥४॥

Meaning: Apart from these Ghāṭas, situated at some distance from them was the fine Ghāṭa where multitudes of horses and elephants went to drink water. There were numerous most charming Ghāṭas for women to take water from, where men did not bathe. (1)

The best of all and beautiful in every way was the royal Ghāṭa, where men of all the four castes could bathe. All along the bank stood temples sacred to the gods and surrounded by lovely groves. (2)

Here and there on the river bank dwelt sages and recluses unconcerned with the world and devoted to acquiring spiritual wisdom. All along the bank stood in clusters many a lovely Tulasī plant reared by hermits. (3)

The splendour of the city defied all description; its outskirts too were most picturesque. The very sight of Ayodhyā, with its groves and gardens, wells and ponds, drove away all one’s sins. (4)

**छं०** 
> बापीं तड़ाग अनूप कूप मनोहरायत सोहहीं।  
> सोपान सुंदर नीर निर्मल देखि सुर मुनि मोहहीं॥  
> बहु रंग कंज अनेक खग कूजहिं मधुप गुंजारहीं।  
> आराम रम्य पिकादि खग रव जनु पथिक हंकारहीं॥

Meaning: Its peerless ponds and tanks and charming and spacious wells looked so beautiful with their elegant flights of steps and transparent water that even gods and sages were fascinated by their sight. The lakes were adorned with many-coloured lotuses and resounded with the cooing of the numerous birds and the humming of the bees; and the delightful gardens seemed to invite the passers-by through the notes of the cuckoos and other birds.

**दो०** 
> रमानाथ जहँ राजा सो पुर बरनि कि जाइ।  
> अनिमादिक सुख संपदा रहीं अवध सब छाइ॥२९॥

Meaning: Is it ever possible to describe the city of which Lakṣmī’s lord was the King? All the eight superhuman powers, including Aṇimā (the power of assuming very small, atomic size) etc., and, even so, joys and riches of every kind were ever galore in Ayodhyā. (29)

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