Dip manohar manimay nana

Chaupai 2, Under Doha 289 · Bal Kand

Chaupai Text

दीप मनोहर मनिमय नाना। जाइ न बरनि बिचित्र बिताना॥ जेहिं मंडप दुलहिनि बैदेही। सो बरनै असि मति कबि केही॥ २ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

dīpa manohara manimaya nānā। jāi na barani bicitra bitānā॥ jehiṃ maṃḍapa dulahini baidehī। so baranai asi mati kabi kehī॥ 2 ॥

Meaning

It had many lovely lamps made of gems, and that wondrous pavilion cannot be described. In the pavilion where Sita, as bride, will sit, what poet has the intellect to describe it?

Context

This is Chaupai 2, Under 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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