Sri Rama Charita Manasa - Shri Sita Ram Foundation, USA

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bara kua° ri karatala jori såkhocåru dou kulagura karaiÚ,
bhayo pånigahanu biloki bidhi sura manuja muni åna°da bharaiÚ.
sukhamµula dµulahu dekhi da≈pati pulaka tana hulasyo hiyo,
kari loka beda bidhånu kanyådånu næpabhµuana kiyo.3.
himava≈ta jimi girijå mahesahi harihi ‹r∂ sågara da∂,
timi janaka råmahi siya samarap∂ bisva kala k∂rati na∂.
kyo° karai binaya bidehu kiyo bidehu mµurati såva° r∂°,
kari homu bidhivata gå°¢hi jor∂ hona låg∂° bhåva° r∂°.4.
They began to love ›r∂ Råma's lotus-feet; their whole frame was thrilled with
emotion. The sounds of singing and kettledrums and shouts of victory in the heavens as
well as in the city overflowed as it were in all direction . The lotus-feet that ever sparkle
in the lake of ›iva's bosom, by thinking of which even for once the mind gets purified
and all the impurities of the Kali age are driven away, by whose touch the sage
Gautama's wife, who was full of sin, attained salvation, whose nectar in the form of the
river Ga∆gå adorns ›ambhuís head and is declared by the gods as the holiest of the
holy, and by resorting to which with their bee-like minds sages and mystics attain the
goal of their liking, it is those very feet that the most lucky Janaka washed amidst shouts
of victory from all corners. Joining the palms of the Bride and the Bridegroom, both the
family priests recited the genealogy of the two families; and perceiving that the
Bridegroom had accepted the Bride's hand, Brahmå and the other divinities as well as
men and sages were filled with delight. As the king and queen gazed on the Bridegroom,
who was the very fountain of joy, the hair on their body stood erect, while their heart was
filled with rapture. And having gone through all the rites sanctioned either by the Vedas
or by family usage, the glorious King Janaka gave his Daughter to the Bridegroom. As
Himavån gave away Girijå to the great Lord ›iva, and the deity presiding over seas
bestowed ›r∂ on Hari, so did Janaka give S∂tå to Råma and thereby earned fair renown
of an unprecedented character. King Videha (Janaka) was unable to make any supplication,
since that Prince (›r∂ Råma) of swarthy complexion had justified his name (Videha) by
making him forget everything about his body. When oblations had been offered to the
sacred fire with due rite, the ends of garments of the Bride and the Bridegroom were tied
together (as a token of their indissoluble union) and the couple began to circumambulate
the fire (in order to show that the two had been united in the presence of the fire-god as
a witness). (1ó4)
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suni haraahiÚ baraahiÚ bibudha surataru sumana sujåna.324.
At the sound of the huzzas, the praises sung by the bards, the recitation of the
Vedic texts, the din of the festal songs and the beating of kettledrums the wise immortals
rejoiced and rained down flowers from the trees of paradise. (324)
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