Adhyay 1 • Shlok 406

चौ0—कंरकन ¤ककिनि नŒपयर ˇयनि सयनि । कगUि ल„न सन रामय NUदय¡ »यनि॥ मानगय¡U मदन दयंदयभी दी‹गUी । मनसा बिSव बि`य कग¡U की‹गUी॥ 1॥ ुस कगिU ¨िररि चिि० िेगिU ुôरा । सिय मय„ ससि भ० नयन चकôरा॥ भ० बिलôचन चाLर ुचंचल । मनगय¡U सकयरचि निमि ि`े दि»ंचल॥ 2॥ दे„ि सीय सôभा सय„य पावा । NUदय¡ सरागUि बचनय न ुावा॥ `नय बिरंUचि सब नि` निपयनार्§ । बिरचि बिSव कग¡U पý»ंिU दे„ार्§॥ 3॥ सयंदरिा कगय¡U संयदर करर्§ । छबि»हग¡U दीपसि„ा `नय बरर्§॥ सब 'Uपमा कबि रगेU `य˘Uारी । केरगिंUU पंUिरौउ बिदेगUकयरमारी॥ 4॥

Roman Transliteration (IAST)

kaṅkana kiṅkini nµupura dhuni suni, kahata lakhana sana rŒmu hṛdaya¡ guni. mŒnahu¡ madana dundubhī dīnhī, manasŒ bisva bijaya kaha ¡ kīnhī.1. asa kahi phiri citae tehi orŒ, siya mukha sasi bhae nayana cakorŒ. bhae bilocana cŒru acañcala, manahu¡ sakuci nimi taje digañcala.2. dekhi sīya sobhŒ sukhu pŒvŒ, hṛdaya¡ sarŒhata bacanu na ŒvŒ. janu birañci saba nija nipunŒī, biraci bisva kaha ¡ praga¢i dekhŒī.3. sundaratŒ kahu ¡ sundara karaī, chabigṛha¡ dīpasikhŒ janu baraī. saba upamŒ kabi rahe ju¢hŒrī, kehi ò pa¢atarau ¡ bidehakumŒrī.4.

Translations

English Translations 1
Gita Press English

Hearing the tinkling of bangles, the small bells tied round the waist and the anklets Ýr¶ RŒma thought within Himself and then said to Lakƒma˜a, “It seems as if Cupid has sounded his kettledrum with intent to conquer the universe.” So saying, He looked once again in the same direction (whence the sound came); and lo ! His eyes feasted themselves on S¶tŒ’s countenance even as the Cakora bird gazes on the moon. His charming eyes became motionless, as if Nimi winking) had left the eyelids out of shyness. Ýr¶ RŒma was filled with rapture to behold S¶tŒ’s beauty; He admired it in His heart, but utterance failed Him. He felt as if the Creator had put his whole creative skill in visible form and demonstrated it to the world at large. “She lends charm to charm itself,” He said to Himself, “and looks as if a flame of light is burning in a house of beauty. The similes already employed by the poets are all stale and hackneyed; to whom shall I liken the daughter of Videha?” (1—4)

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