Adhyay 1 • Shlok 208

चौ0—बस¤गU न»र संयदर नर नारी । `नय बगयU मनसि` रिि िनयˇारी॥ िे¤गU पयर बस§ सीलनिˇि रा`ा । ु»निि गUय »य सेन समा`ा॥ 1॥ सि सयरेUस सम बिभव बिलासा । रूरप िे` बल नीिि निवासा॥ बिSवमôगUनी िासय कयरमारी । Ÿाी बिमôगU `िसय रूरपय निगUारी॥ 2॥ सô§ गUरिमाया सब »यन „ानी । सôभा िासय कि `ा§ ब„ानी॥ कर§ Sवयंबर सô नहपबाला । ुा० िगU¡ ु»निि मगिUपाला॥ 3॥ मयनि कौियकी न»र िे¤गU »य“र । पयरबासि‹गU सब पŒछि भय“र॥ सयनि सब चरिि भŒप»हग¡U ुा० । करि पŒ`ा नहप मयनि बा˘Uा०॥ 4॥

Roman Transliteration (IAST)

basahiò nagara sundara nara nŒrī, janu bahu manasija rati tanudhŒrī. tehiò pura basai sīlanidhi rŒjŒ, aganita haya gaya sena samŒjŒ.1. sata suresa sama bibhava bilŒsŒ, rµupa teja bala nīti nivŒsŒ. bisvamohanī tŒsu kumŒrī, śrī bimoha jisu rµupu nihŒrī.2. soi harimŒyŒ saba guna khŒnī, sobhŒ tŒsu ki jŒi bakhŒnī. karai svayambara so nṛpabŒlŒ, Œe taha ¡ aganita mahipŒlŒ.3. muni kautukī nagara tehi ò gayaµu, purabŒsinha saba pµuchata bhayaµu. suni saba carita bhµupagṛha ¡ Œe, kari pµujŒ nṛpa muni bai¢hŒe.4.

Translations

English Translations 1
Gita Press English

It was inhabited by graceful men and women, whom you would take to be so many incarnations of the god of love and his wife Rati. A king, ݶlanidhi by name, ruled over that city; he owned numberless horses, elephants and troops. He possessed the grandeur and luxury of a hundred Indras, and was a repository of grace, splendour, might and wisdom. He had a daughter, ViÜvamohin¶ by name, whose beauty enraptured even Lakƒm¶. She was no other than Ýr¶ Hari’s own MŒyŒ (enrapturing potency), the fountainhead of all virtues; who can describe her charm? The princess was going to marry by self-choice; hence kings beyond number arrived there as suitors. The sportive 136 * ÝR” RMACARITAMNASA* sage (NŒrada) entered the city and inquired everything from the people. Hearing all that had been going on there, he wended his way to the king’s palace. The king paid him homage and gave him a seat. (1—4)

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