Basai nagar jehin lachhhi kari kapat

Doha 289 · Bal Kand

Doha Text

बसइ नगर जेहिं लच्छि करि कपट नारि बर बेषु। तेहि पुर कै सोभा कहत सकुचहिं सारद सेषु॥ २८९ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

basai nagara jehiṃ lacchi kari kapaṭa nāri bara beṣu। tehi pura kai sobhā kahata sakucahiṃ sārada seṣu॥ 289 ॥

Meaning

In the city where Lakshmi herself dwells, disguised through a clever stratagem in the form of a beautiful woman, even Saraswati and Shesha hesitate to speak of that city's splendor.

Context

This is Doha 289 from Bal Kand, in the episode “Janaka's Message, Procession Departs”. The episode describes Janaka's joyful message to Dasharatha and the grand wedding procession departing for Janakpur.

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