Prakarana 37

Verse 756 (चौपाई)

सुदिन सोधि कल कंकन छौरे। मंगल मोद बिनोद न थोरे।। नित नव सुखु सुर देखि सिहाहीं। अवध जन्म जाचहिं बिधि पाहीं।। बिस्वामित्रु चलन नित चहहीं। राम सप्रेम बिनय बस रहहीं।। दिन दिन सयगुन भूपति भाऊ। देखि सराह महामुनिराऊ।। मागत बिदा राउ अनुरागे। सुतन्ह समेत ठाढ़ भे आगे।। नाथ सकल संपदा तुम्हारी। मैं सेवकु समेत सुत नारी।। करब सदा लरिकनः पर छोहू। दरसन देत रहब मुनि मोहू।। अस कहि राउ सहित सुत रानी। परेउ चरन मुख आव न बानी।। दीन्ह असीस बिप्र बहु भाँती। चले न प्रीति रीति कहि जाती।। रामु सप्रेम संग सब भाई। आयसु पाइ फिरे पहुँचाई।।

The days were bright, and the hours and moments passed in auspicious joy and endless merriment. Day after day the gods beheld new delights and rejoiced; the people of Ayodhya sought the very presence of Brahma. They longed for Vishvamitra to depart each day, while Rama remained in loving humility and submission. Day by day the king’s virtues shone more brightly; seeing them, the great sage praised him. The king asked leave to depart with deep affection; with his sons he stood forth before him. "Lord, all that I possess is yours; I, with my sons and wife, am your servant. I shall always show kindness to these boys; grant me the sight of you, O sage." Thus spoke the king, and with his sons and queens he fell at his feet, his voice failing him. The sage gave many blessings in diverse ways; yet he departed not, bound by love and courtesy. Rama, with all his brothers in loving company, having received leave, went forth and escorted him. The king, with his sons and queens, fell at the sage’s feet; his words could not find utterance.

Verse 757 (दोहा/सोरठा)

राम रूपु भूपति भगति ब्याहु उछाहु अनंदु। जात सराहत मनहिं मन मुदित गाधिकुलचंदु।।360।।

The king rejoiced in Rama’s form, in devotion, in the wedding, in gladness and in bliss. As he departed, he praised him within his heart; the moon of Gadhi’s line was filled with joy.

Verse 758 (चौपाई)

बामदेव रघुकुल गुर ग्यानी। बहुरि गाधिसुत कथा बखानी।। सुनि मुनि सुजसु मनहिं मन राऊ। बरनत आपन पुन्य प्रभाऊ।। बहुरे लोग रजायसु भयऊ। सुतन्ह समेत नृपति गृहँ गयऊ।। जहँ तहँ राम ब्याहु सबु गावा। सुजसु पुनीत लोक तिहुँ छावा।। आए ब्याहि रामु घर जब तें। बसइ अनंद अवध सब तब तें।। प्रभु बिबाहँ जस भयउ उछाहू। सकहिं न बरनि गिरा अहिनाहू।। कबिकुल जीवनु पावन जानी।।राम सीय जसु मंगल खानी।। तेहि ते मैं कछु कहा बखानी। करन पुनीत हेतु निज बानी।।

Vamadeva, the guru of the Raghu line and a knower of wisdom, again related the story of the son of Gadhi. Hearing the sage’s fair fame, the king pondered it in his heart and spoke of his own merit and power. The people returned, having received the king’s command; the monarch went home with his sons. Everywhere they sang of Rama’s wedding; his pure and spotless fame spread through all the three worlds. From the time Rama returned wedded to his home, joy has dwelt in Ayodhya ever since. The exultation that arose at the Lord’s wedding cannot be described by speech, even in a thousand ages. Knowing that the glory of Rama and Sita is a mine of auspiciousness, the life of the poet’s line and a purifier Therefore I have related something of it, to make my own speech a means of holiness.

Verse 759 (छंद)

निज गिरा पावनि करन कारन राम जसु तुलसी कह्यो। रघुबीर चरित अपार बारिधि पारु कबि कौनें लह्यो।। उपबीत ब्याह उछाह मंगल सुनि जे सादर गावहीं। बैदेहि राम प्रसाद ते जन सर्बदा सुखु पावहीं।।

Tulsidas has told the glory of Rama to make his own speech a purifier. Who among poets has grasped the far shore of the boundless ocean of the Raghu hero’s deeds? Those who hear with reverence of the wedding, the joy and the auspiciousness, and sing of them By the grace of Rama and the daughter of Videha, they shall ever obtain happiness.

Verse 760 (दोहा/सोरठा)

सिय रघुबीर बिबाहु जे सप्रेम गावहिं सुनहिं। तिन्ह कहुँ सदा उछाहु मंगलायतन राम जसु।।361।।

Those who lovingly sing or hear the marriage of Sita and the Hero of the Raghus shall ever find their hearts uplifted; may the glory of Rama, the very home of all blessings, be theirs.