19.Yethir kol Padalam
Chapter on
receiving guests)
(This chapter in
detail tells us how king Janaka along
with his army went and received Dasaratha along with army as well as relations.
It also indicates the great
arrangements made by the king.. This is
just mentioned in one stanza in the
Valmiki Ramayana)
1029.Not following
those which have been prohibited by the Vedas,
And following without fail those rules of justice as told by the Vedas,
The King
Dasaratha who is the king of kings who had the white umbrella and King’s staff,
Along with ocean like army in to which the stream
of the water of rut,
From those
elephants which had ornamental cover of the face,
Reached the
shores of the river Ganga.
1030.Due to that ocean of army armed with arrows and
weapons drinking the water,
The clear water of
the ganges was much reduced and even
the land of the serpents,
Which have split toungue
became visible and even the ocean with salty water,
Became thirsty because
the stoppage of the flow of water of ganges.
1031.By the time Dasaratha who owned
very large area of land crossed
the river,
And went near the
town of Mithila with broad fields and
which had large water resources,
And we would start
telling about activities of Janaka who was merciful and
Who had a cavalry
who were expert in jumping.
And who had
shoulders which were as firm as
pillars .
1032.As soon as he heard that king Dasaratha has arrived, with joy ebbing out of his
mind,
King Janaka accompanied
by an ocean like army with male elephants capable
Of breaking great
logs of wood , with chariot army and with
horses with stirrups ,
Came similar to the
moon who comes to meet the sun, to
receive Dasaratha,
Who had great
wealth which was as much as Indra’s wealth.
1033.Like all other oceans with their conches going
on making
great sound,
And joining the ocean of milk, the armies of Dasaratha
in whose country,
The river Ganges flows came and joined the army of
the fertile country,
Ruled by The king
who had a daughter and like the milky
ocean,
Which has the lady
of the lotus living in it
receiving other oceans, received
them.
1034. To the army
of Dasaratha who were armed with
sharp spears like Banyan leaf,
The seven seas
which are long and broad and
house the sea sharks are comparable,
And to the measureless army with divisions of men,
chariots, elephant and horse
Again only the sea
which is spread throughout the world
is comparable.
1035,White royal
umbrellas with garlands which
were tied with clump of peacock
feathers ,
Of that army hid the entire sky , thereby hiding the sun and making the earth dark ,
And it was
comparable to huge
lotus ponds where red and white lotus flowers were found mixed.
1036. Does the Goddess Lakshmi who lives in red lotus
flowers live in the flags,
Of Dasaratha who
was ruling his country without any types of laziness?
Or does she live in his kingdom which had come
from generation to the next
generation?
Or Does she stay
in the ocean like army of his? Or Does she live in his chest?
Or does she stay in
the pretty crown of his?, It was not possible to understand.
1037.The pretty sound of bees which hover
round the black hair,
Of the ladies whose breasts which ebb out of the cloth tying them,
Is indeed the music with seven types of note , and the sound made by the chariots,
Is very much similar
to the waves of the great
white oceans,
And the trumpeting
sound of his great elephants ,
Is similar to the sound of thunder of the rainy season.
1038.It is easy to tell that the dust raised by the
marching army ,
Not only filled up
all oceans but also rised and spread in the heavens,
And these dust rised
to the heaven through the hole
made ,
By the feet of Lord Vishnu who was armed with the wheel ,
When he
measured all the three worlds
by his feet.
1039.In that army when the kings were marching close to one another,
Their white umbrellas
hid the complete sky and it was
easy to drive away
The darkness thus
created due to the
golden gem studded ,
Ornaments
that the army wore , which were shining
like lightning.
And also many
gems due to their luster would
create a
rainbow,
Creating the heat
of the sun and some gems create
the cool of the moon.
1040 The very
strong Janaka who was capable of shooting powerful arrows ,
When he saw that the faultless king Dasaratha was coming to his city,
Started to go and
receive him sprinkling every where the scented
powders,
As well as golden dust
and the pollen of scented
flowers, which were the only dust there.
1041. The slush that was
created on the way were , the
perfumed honey ,
Musk , the saffron
dust as well as the dust of the Akil trees ,
The extra amount
of musk created by the deer as well as,
Various other
mixtures of scented products mixed,
In the water of rut flowing from the elephants.
1042.The reflected
light from the golden ornaments of the ladies , who wore scented flower,
Garlands would go
and reach the white umbrellas and go round them ,
Along with this
the huge flags which are signs of victory would merge ,
Along with other decorations and would provide cool shade
everywhere.
1043.When opposite
the army of Dasaratha which had matchless strength,
The army of Janaka
which was having more and more ebbing out stood,
The sound created was
like the sound of a torrential river ,
Merging with the
matchless ocean with
beating tides.
1044.The king Janaka
with an elephant army capable of breaking huge pillars,
Came before
Dasaratha who had the culture and
love of father to all,
Pushed by great desire and joy ,
with the speed of mind riding on a huge chariot.
1045.When Janaka came before the chariot of Dasaratha , he got down from the chariot ,
With his pretty as well as very strong army
standing behind him,
And when Dasaratha
signed him to get up in to his
chariot ,
He got in to it
and he and Dasaratha hugged each
other with faces full of joy.
1046.That
Dasaratha who was like a lion
which was being received by a tiger ,
And who was
greater than every one , after
hugging king Janaka with both hands,
With a faultless mind enquired about the welfare of each of king Janaka ’s relations,
And requested
him to go forward along with
him and eventually reached the city of MIthila.
1047.When both of them with great joy reached
the town of MIthila,
Rama , who was only comparable to himself and
who by his strength ,
Broke the bow of Lord Shiva who was
of the colour of fire ,
Came out of that city
and neared Dasaratha to receive him.
1048.That Rama
who was being saluted by the
people of earth,
The people of upper and under worlds , surrounded
by ,
Very strong army of horses and soldiers , came out of
,
That town which
was famous for its army ,
And came riding
on a chariot made by red
gold and green gems.
1049.Who can estimate the very large
number of,
Male elephants,
female elephants, chariots and horses,
Which accompanied
Rama and Lakshmana as per orders
of Janaka,
When they went to
meet their father Dasaratha.
1050.Rama who was
like Neelothpala, Karum kuvalai and
Kayampoo flowers
Who had a matchless
form , which was more
sweeter that any portrait ,
And who was a boy and
who had
the divine feet , which was fit
to be saluted even by devas,
Came and
reached Dasaratha like
the soul that had left him earlier.
1051. Rama
went speedily to salute the holy feet of his father ,
And when he fell
on the feet of the king wearing
anklets and got up,
The king hugged him
and in the chest of the king ,
who was like Manu,
The mountain like shoulders of Rama who broke the mountain like bow vanished.
1052.Dasaratha who
removed the sorrows of the eight directions as well as the sky,
Whose fame has spread everywhere and who was the
greatest among kings,
Was saluted by the
younger one, who is of the colour of
gold and as soon
as he got up,
Hugged him tightly so that he would go within flower garlands he was
wearing.
1053. After that
Rama who broke the bow that
was held by Lord Shiva,
Who had long matted hair , saluted the mother who gave birth to him,
As well as his other mothers and who can properly describe the
joy in their minds?
1054. When Bharata
in whose mind always the great love to Rama flows like a stream
Which was flowing
through his
lustrous eyes constantly
, saluted Rama and got up,
Rama hugged him
similar to how he was hugged by his
father,
On his gold like chest
, like a soul is hugging another
soul.
1055.Lakshmana who accompanied the black coloured Rama,
And the younger
brother of him , who is greatest in devotion to Rama ,
Who were both greatness
which cannot be matched,
Came near and with their perfumed head ,
Saluted the feet of their brothers who wore golden anklets.
1056. Dasaratha who ruled with great justice and with great deal of mercy,
Was realized as the
most ideal wealth , due to his
qualities ,
Which gave him fame and
had these four sons who had good qualities,
Like the matchless
four Vedas and those
four sons were great like their father.
1057.That emperor
Dasaratha , whose rule was an example to others,
And who had so much mercy that all all beings considered him as their good mother
Saw and ordered
Rama to take along with him his
army which was considered as great
wealth.
1058. The amount love
those soldiers who had elephants
towards the princes ,
Is something
which cannot be measured by any of us.
Was the great
joy without stain which
arose in them , long lived or short lived?
And as soon as those princes who had decorated their
hair with flowers,
Came among them,
the joy that all of them felt was equivalent to that
of Dasaratha.
1059.With his
loving brothers saluting him and
coming on victorious horses.
With great joy due to the stable and great
love towards their elder brother,
And with hand held conches and very big drums making great sound,
Rama with a beauty
which is rare even in pictures rode on a pretty chariot.
1060.The crowd of beautiful women who were looking like dolls,
Whose feet has been painted by the
juice of red cotton,
Stood in very tall buildings , which were asking clouds
to enter
them
And live in them , and threw their poison like eye on Rama
And were also showering flowers from there and ,
Rama reached the
very wide streets of Mithila
surrounded by walls.
1061.Near all the
stages of that town
, with their bangles shaking,
With their hair falling down , with their lotus flower like feet ,
Demonstrating the book of sage Bharata , ladies
,
Who have cone like
broad breasts which compete with,
The tusk of huge elephants in rut were
dancing ,
But the place
was home and not dancing stages.
1062.Due the
primeval lord of
all devas coming near them,
Ladies from little girls to grown up lasses , who
had been sent ,
By the God of
love who was well armed , came
in the streets,
With pretty black long hair and we will tell about it later.
20.Ulaviyar
Padalam
Chapter on the
procession in the streets.
(No reference to these incidents are made in Valmiki
Ramayana. The poet wants us to see the personality of Rama, through the eyes
of lasses of Mithila. Dasaratha and Rama
reach the hall where they are going to
see Sita.)
1063.The ladies whose hair was being made wet by the honey of flowers,
Like the species of deer came and like
the peacocks came,
Like the stars
shining on the sky and ,like shining
stars coming to surround came
With bees
making great sound to drink honey from
their hairs,
And with their anklets and other ornaments making
sound,
And filled up all vacant areas of the street.
1064.Those ladies
who were like great ornament to that
city,
Were not bothered about the hair which was falling down all round them,
Were not bothered about their waist best falling down , were not bothered,
To catch their thin garments sliding
and falling down from their
shoulders,
And they neared and crowded round Rama though their this
waists were bending,
And shouting , “give way, give way” and they surrounded
him like honey bees.
1065.They who were like clear water flowing
downwards,
Who had big eyes
similar to the big black flowers
flowering in the stream,
With their tiny anklets making sound and with their waists giving pain,
Were like those running
to catch their mind , which was,
Dragging them all
towards Rama.
1066.
Telling with each other,” With
our eyes we are only seeing love
here .
We have realized
the greatness of being feminine
today,”
They rushed like
deer jumping towards clear drinkable water
Which has been
produced after a long time by
rain,
The rain having failed for a long time and made the
land dry.
1067. For seeing those holy feet that gave Ahalya a body which was red in colour and
Those big shoulders
which broke the bow to get
Sita with scented black hair ,
Ladies came and crowded
in those royal avenues and were like
,
Those bees that crowd round a pot of nectar , making sound.
1068.Rama was
like the one who jumped along with horse
drawn chariot ,
In to the eyes
of those ladies who were staring
at him ,
With fully
opened eyes, and made a new meaning ,
To the word “Kannan(eye like darling) , by this act.
1069.”His chariot will be
going with great speed and
passing our eyes,”
Like this when those ladies were
telling with great dejection,
And they further Said , “Sita
who would be seeing to it that
Rama who had measured
The world with one step
and sky with another, never goes out of her eye and Is
indeed great.”
1070.One girl just
entering the age of a lady ,
was prepared to leave
,
Their heritage , the cloth which never left their
body , Conch made bangles,
All good acts ,
their stainless beauty , mind, intelligence , luster ,
Diamond studded ornaments , her
innocence , her shyness
,
Her control over mind
except possibly only her soul.
1071.With kendai fish like eyes which were
above the ornament of ears ,
Raining
tears like the rain fall
of the cloud was shed
by one lady,
Who had youthful breasts , where even a thread cannot
go in between,
Who was with
wounds caused by the arrows of the love by the god of
love his sugarcane bow ,
And stood tired
with all her body parts
thinning down like her streak of lightning like waist.
1072,Did all the
sword like eyes of those
girls who had applied red plant
extract ,
On their fingers ,
become black because of the body colour of Rama?
Or Did Rama who
had the black body colour resembling
the cloud .
Got his colour from
all the black eyes of ladies
never leaving it? We do not know.
1073.One lady with
lustrous forehead and the colour
of new leaf of mango tree ,
Seeing the expertise in war of the god of love who sends arrows of bunches of flowers at them,
Asked “Who is that matchless archer
who is not bothered
About the greatness of the rule of Dasaratha,
And not realizing the expertise in archery of Rama
And shooting arrows
at ornamented ladies?”
1074.One foremost lady who can be compared to Goddess
Lakshmi ,
Allowed all her
ornaments to slip away from
her body due to thinning of body,
And was
standing incapable of carrying
herself and was standing,
Holding only her cloths
like a picture drawn by those
who knew about pleasure,
Like the taste of
passion which cannot adequately be described
by words.
1075.One peacock
like lady with eyes like sharp spear as well as the God of death,
With her bow like
eye brows , sweat filled
forehead , with green colour of parting,
Spreading all over her
body and with
a greatly dejected mind was standing
,
Not seeing
Rama and sadly said ,”Does
the merciful Rama go alone?”
1076. One lady who had black hair like Kajal , red mouth
and lustrous forehead,
Was becoming
greatly sad thinking of Rama and said
, “Oh frind , one cheat,
Has entered in to my mind through
my eyes and I have closed,
My eyelids tightly
so that he cannot go out and so
show me ,
The way to my cot so that
I can enjoy him fully.”
1077.One lady who was looking like a doll , without bothering about,
Arrows struck by the God of love on her divine body and without,
Realizing that
the cloth as well as waist belt has come loose
,
Was seeing all
those seeing the body of Rama with love,
With her very
angry and fire spitting eyes.
1078.One lady with
a spear like eyes which was black as
well as white,
And with red lines
being seen outside which
appears like ,
The lie of her
mind was going to escape outside ,which normally,
Was playful ,
exuberant and was trying to measure length
of her hair,
Came with a pleased
mind to see Rama and after seeing
went back home hot.
1079. One lady with broad eyes
with a great desire to see the beauty of Rama ,
Seeing that
the heavy black hair , Thick breasts tied with cloth,
The hips and other
parts tied by golden belt of the ladies in her front
,
Was hiding his
form, Went on seeing Rama through the clearing between their thin waists.
1080.There was nothing
in any place in those
streets except ,
The ornaments falling
down due to the heat their body created
,
Due to the
shooting of arrows on their mind
by the well prepared God of love ,
The melting sandal paste
flowing due to the sweat on their breasts ,
The waist
belt , pearl garlands
and conch bangles , fallen,
Due to their becoming thin due to love
and ,
The flower
garlands which had fallen down from their black hairs.
1081.All those who saw Rama’s shoulders saw only his shoulders,
Those saw his lotus like feet wearing heroic anklets , saw only his feet,
And those who saw his large and
long hands saw
only that ,
And thus which of those ladies with sword like eyes saw his
full form,
And they like
those who see themselves and not those Gods
,
Deciding fate, saw only a part of him and not the whole.
1082.One lady with a thin waist and
very long hair,
Without getting sad
, completely filled her mind with
Rama,
And who can be
greater than the great one who ,
Has filled her mind
with the form of that God,
Who at one time kept the
entire universe in his belly.
1083. One lady who had waving heavy hair
who was wearing selected ornaments,
Came to see Rama like a pretty flowery creeper with her waist belt and anklets making sound ,
And seeing her fall down due excess
of pass ion on seeing Rama,
All her
friends were forced
to assist her back to her home.
1084. At that time one lady with selected ornaments and
bud like breasts ,
Told, “Oh Lord who has such a hard heart who did not take mercy on me,
Oh blessed one,
who broke Shiva’s bow for the
sake of the innocent lady Sita,
Since I am also a girl
, break the sugarcane bow of God of love and save me.”
1085.One lady with a
black eye in which Kajal
has been applied ,
And had a lustrous forehead told “This Rama who has done great penance ,
Should stop from
going in that chariot as
he is standing before my eyes,
Is it illusion or is
it only a dream?”
1086.One lady who did not have any other emissary
except her mind,
To send to Rama ,
became very famished and tired because
of love and told,
“What type of penance
did Sita who had eyes with red lines ,
Who has ear globes made of gold and
well ornamented ears do?”
1087.A lady who did not have any shortcomings , became
nervous,
Cried and
breathed hot and becoming tired saluted her dear friend,
And told, “Would it be possible for the God of love to draw a picture
of Rama ?”
1088.One lady who had a very pretty mouth and a lustrous forehead,
Said, “If we properly think about it ,it is not possible for a man to be this pretty,
And so I am telling you
that he is not a man but
only Lord Vishnu (Krishna?) ,
All of you are
going to realize this later .”
1089. One lady with a lustrous forehead
noticing that,
Her golden anklet and bangle got loose and fell down,
And feeling greatly depressed in the mind, said,
“This faultless
one has come here because,
Of the great penance
that Janaka has
done earlier.”
1090.One lady with wet eyes and
wearing green gem embedded ,
Ornaments over her
hip , became so sad that
the beauty ,
That was residing
in her for a long time moved away from her,
Thought, “Would he
come in my dream alone instead ,
Of being
crowded by great sages and kings as of
now?”
1091.One lady who
was like a peacock joyous in seeing,
Black clouds and
who was also like a golden creeper ,
Wanted to hide
the love that she felt in her
heart,
And when God of
love came to know about it ,
He brought out
the love in her heart on her face.
1092.One lady who had a face like moon with two eyes,
Went and reached the bed of flowers ,
Like a snake which heard
the noise of thunder,
With sweat covering
her pretty closely placed
breasts,
Lost her ability
to think and went on passing deep
breaths.
1093.Many ladies
who had red mouth
like led lily flowers ,
Which drip nectar
, became jittery with the
soul and unstable
Like Sita who had a hip
that was crying and had no reason,
To be joyous . How
are they going to live?
1094.Another lady
with body covered with sweat and
with a depressed soul,
Asked, “The pure Rama
has not looked at
Any lady who was
weeping and was very sad
With his red
eyes,. Does this mean ,
That he is one without any trace of love?”
1095. There was no
limit to the lasses in that town,
And there is no
adequate measure to beauty of Rama,
And what can the
God of love with a golden bow do?
Since all his arrows were exhausted he took out his
sword.
1096.We do know
about the war between God
of love,
And the young ladies of the city with long scented hair,
But do not know
about the war between the young god
of love ,
And divine ladies
in spite of the arrows of God of love,
Had they now also
pierced the heart of the ladies of
heaven.
1097.”This Rama
without desiring anything from all those,
Who are in love with him . Is it proper ?
Looks he does not know what is mercy,
Tell me whether he
is one of those realized ones.
It looks like he is one
who murders girls, “ one said.
1098.One lady who
had sandal paste applied on her breasts to get it cooled,
Who has a thin waist
like a hand drum , with both
sides thick,
Due to the love on Rama
could not recognize her hands or
body
Was lying down exhausted with all people saying .
“Would she survive?” and
“”she would survive.”
1099. One lady who talks like a sugar
syrup ,
Like one swinging in a swing tied between betelnut
trees ,
Went behind the chariot of Rama with her feet becoming red,
And would then
come back due to shyness. Why is she doing it?”
1100.One lady who had crossed the limits of passion and lost her brain,
Seeing another
lady who had come there , asked,
“On your way did you happen to see
my mind which followed Rama?”
When the desire exceeds the limit how can there be shyness.
1101.There
was one lady who was like
Goddess Lakshmi who said ,
”The clan of this Rama are those who have given their soul to those
Who approached them to save and when it is so , how is it
this Rama is,
Not willing to give us
,the sweet soul that is very dear to us, “asked she.
1102. One lady who had a good forehead and who was broken
down by fear ,
Said, “When we enquire about why this Rama broke the bow of Shiva,
Which was kept in our armory , it appears to me that is not due to his love,
Towards the peacock like lass whose
head is filled with the scent,
Of Akil Smoke and
who was capable of speaking a pure toungue,
But due to the fact that
he wanted to show us what he has
learned.”
1103.One lady with disheveled hair , who had lost
her pearl necklace,
Cloths and other
ornaments and was about to fall down
tired,
Asked, “Who are as strong as the god of love who is
trying to kill me,
Without any fear in front of
Rama who is holding a fearsome bow.”
1104,When ladies of different age groups attained this
state of mind,
Rama along with
group of kings who were all well armed,
Reached the hall
Where the faultless sage Vasishta ,
And Viswamithra who had seen the other shore of knowledge of Vedas were
sitting.
1105, That Lord of Goddess Lakshmi came like
the moving streaks of lightning ,
Came wearing
swinging necklaces
of chosen gems on his chest
there,
He saluted by falling
on the ground similar to monsoon
clouds falling down on earth,
The holy and divine feet of the two great sages Vasishta and Viswamithra.
1106.When Rama who
was born in Ayodhya to protect
Dharma from being destroyed,
Saluted those sages
, they blessed him and asked him
to sit on a seat,
He sat on a seat decorated by matchless floral designs ,
And shined along with his brothers
who followed him like shadow,
1107.Like the
white coloured moon coming
lighting all over the sky ,
Followed by all the stars , Dasaratha the chief of a great army ,
Reached that hall
studded with gems
which were really great.
1108.After having saluted
those sages with great penance ,
With the best of
flowers containing honey being showered on him,
With Brahmins
reciting poems of blessing , he took his seat,
Making Indra
ashamed feeling that
he is not lucky like him.
1109-1111. Ganga kings
, Kongu kings , Kalinga kings ,
Kulinga kings,
The kings of
Sinhala , the chera kings ,
The pandya kings ,
The king of Anga ,
King of KUlindha , king of Avanthi,
The king of Bengal
, The Chozha king , Maratta king
,
The kings of Magadha
, King of Matshya desa, the king of mlechas ,
The heroic Ilada
king , the king of Vidharbha ,
The king of
china , The king of Thengana The king of Chenchakas , The king of Somaka ,
The king of Jonakas
, The king of turkey
, the king of Guru desa,
The well armed Yadava kingf, The king of Konkanas who
have seven groups,
The king of Chedhi country, The king of Thelugus , the
kings of Karnataka ,
And all all other
shining kings of earth covered by the
sky came to that hall.
1112.Those ladies who tell words
sweeter than the sweet sugarcane,
Stood by the side
of the king Dasaratha and fanned
him with cowries,
And those
were similar to the luster of
the pretty new leaves,
Of The very tall
tree of the rising fame of that king.
1113.The sweet
sound of
ladies who had honeyed
hair decorated by flowers,
Over which bees ,
Minjiru and Karumbu (type of bees ) go
round and round,
Wished Dasaratha
“Long live” with the back ground
of music from flute ,
And their lisping tome sounded like
the music played by Yaazh.
1114.The matchless
white royal umbrella of the king having
elephants with fierce eyes,
Was like the
presence of full moon who had come to that place with great mercy ,
To witness
the great marriage of Sita
who belonged to his clan and become joyous.
1115.Due to the standing of the army of Dasaratha which was standing ,
Without leaving any space like huge long sea all over the city
and surroundings,
The country of Janaka
who had an elephant army which
achieved victory only ,
Was looking more
like a city which was full of people .
1116. That Janaka who was the father of Sita who had
lustrous forehead ,
Due the love that was pouring in him spent all his wealth ,
For celebrating
this marriage , the water of
love ,
That flowed from his
heart was equal to Rama as well as ,
Those of the
people who were having a low status.
21.Kolam kaan padalam
The chapter on
seeing the form
(This is a part of the South Indian form of marriage . In Valmiki Ramayana Rama does not see
Sita till the day of marriage, as is
the case of North Indian marriage . This chapter is also absent from
Valmiki Ramayana. In this chapter the
poet describes how a bride is dressed up
before the wedding. In the later chapter
on wedding , this aspect has been left out. Another aspect
is that her mother does not come to the
hall where this ceremony is taking place .)
1117. Surrounded by the queens who were
looking like picture,
Dasaratha who was
occupying his seat like Devendra,
His Guru
Vasishta seeing Janaka with faultless white umbrella ,
And with the royal staff
with great sweetness and told
him,
“Please bring
Sita with deer like eyes to this place.”
1118.When he was told like this That king
with joyful mind ,
Saluted the sage
and told some ladies with chosen
ornaments ,
“Go and bring the queen of women here.” And those ladies,
Who speak sweetly like honey ,
pushed by their measureless ,
Love towards
Sita went quickly from
there and told the same,
To the young
lasses who were attendants of Sita.
1119. Not knowing that eye lids which hide
are the ornaments for the eyes,
Those attendants
covered the pretty form of Sita
with lustrous ornaments,
And like adding sweet taste to the already sweet
nectar ,
They started beautifying
the already beautiful limbs of
Sita,
For the people of this earth surrounded by tumultuous sea are ignorant.
1120.Like the colour of Lord Vishnu after filling up the mind of Sita,
Rose up and from
there spread as flags
all over the world,
Was the hair of Sita and in the
middle of that pretty hair ,
They pinned up a
Chigazhigai , which was a thick round
made of flowers,
And this appeared
like the full moon in
between the black clouds.
1121,Like as per practice
the stars of the sky get
attached to the full moon,
They hanged a
lustrous chutti which looked like stars
on her forehead ,
And like the cow
called clouds licking the calf called moon which it created,
They hanged an ornament called lock in the flow of her dark hairs,
Which appeared
like breeze like locks
on her forehead.
1122”Is he not that
hero who broke the great bow of
Lord Shiva
Who has ganges on
his head, and the lad who went away
stealing
Her great femaleness and made me almost lose my soul?”
When the mind of Sita was wavering like this ,
Those friends of hers
made her wear the lustrous ear globes which wave.
1123.They also made Sita wear several faultless ornaments
which suit her,
On the neck of
Sita which was like the divine conch of
God Vishnu.
“Which would be
the suitable ornament
for the neck of the ladies,
When Only the
Mangalya of a lady
has a prefix of “Thiru(holy)?”
1124. “Should I
tell the pearl necklace of Sita worn over
,
Several ornaments hovering over her breast
as,
The one made
of taking the stars in the sky and stitching it together?”
Or should I say
that it was made of cutting in to pieces
the full moon?
Or should I say
that it is the light of
shyness in her face as,
She had to go and
See Rama surrounded by so many people?
How would I be able to describe it properly?”
1125.Sita had
given red colour to petals of lotus flower,
Which were
not comparable to her little
feet applied with red juice,
And also gave the red colour to the pearl necklaces worn over her breasts,
Due to their reflecting
the red colour of her nectar like
body
Indicating that
those who depend on good people would become good.
1126.The
ornamented shoulders of Sita
whose waists were getting tired,
Due to their lifting her very huge breasts which were like saffron
tins
Can be like the
Bamboo plants only if they wear , Padmaragha stones,
AS well as pearls which make you close one’s eyes due to their luster.
One may ask are
there such bamboos and the answer is only such bamboos are equal.
1127. The lotus flower like red hands of Sita who wears flower garlands on her unfurled
hair,
Which were as
soft as the new leaves have done
penance for being touched by,
The tender red hands
of Rama and were lovely and thinking
that ,
Those lotus flower would close down and become like buds at night,
They made her wear
bangles of Padmaragha stones ,
Which had luster
like sun so that , they are
always open.
1128.On the golden
boxes of the breasts of Sita whose
hair is decorated in many ways,
They drew flower
plants , sugarcane the bow of God of love
using paste of sandal and musk,
And created more
pain to the waist of Sita , which made
one doubt ,
As to whether they are there or not there similar
to the concept of God,
AS the divine
imagination as in several
religious books and tenets .
1129. To the hip
which never moves away from
the thin silk cloth worn by her ,
They made her
wear a waist belt which shows its
prettiness outside ,
And hanged on it a round ornament called “THaraka Chummai”,
And hanged on it a round ornament called “THaraka Chummai”,
And to the great luster
from gems starting on
those ornaments,
Along with the lustrous red colour of Sita
also became red ,
And those friends who were moving round her stood fixed ,
There due to the
luster of those gems closing their eyes.
1130. Sita who had hips similar to the hood of the snake had
her feet ,
AS red even without any painting and were as delicate as the Anicha flower.
To make those tender feet
which were like red lotus
flowers,
They made her wear
anklets which kept on
making sounds,
Possibly telling
all those friends, “I am tender, tender.”
1131.The eyes of Sita were like poison kept inside which was surrounded by nectar ,
And were straight
, had large number
of red lines and were as cool as
rain,
Without any deceit
or wickedness and we are not sure what those friends applied on it,
“It could be black kajal or it could be the colour of Lord Rama.”
1132, Two black lily flowers with bees hovering round it
have flowered,
In side a lotus
flower and like the third crescent of the growing moon,
Having a star in
between the crescent , they put
a thilaka on her forehead ,
To that lady who
was the thilaka to the maidens of
earth, heaven a and serpent land.
1133.With pretty bees
, Karumbuus , Minjiru going round
,
They kept in
proper places loose flowers , Flowers
to be attached to hair ,
Flowers to be kept on top of the head as well as
faultless ears
And on the top of them , similar to the shining of young
leaves of Karpaga tree ,
They applied
powder of gold which was like
the pollen of punnai flowers.
1134.After making her pretty like this thinking that evil eye would fall on her,
They waved a ghee
lamp round her and along with
water sprinkled flowers,
Worshipped the Gods
, gave presents of gold to those who are an expert in Vedas,
Applied white mustard on her forehead and waved round the red coloured water ,
And also protected against evil the lady
who was brought up like a peacock.
1135.Like the bees which steal the honey which
gives joy from lotus flowers ,
Those ladies
drinking the beauty of the lady
who taught speaking to a parrot,
Faltered in their speech
and stood giving up their
normal feminine qualities,
Is not the mind same
for those ladies and to the men?
1136,Those friends of Sita having hair like that of a black cloud,
Seeing Sita with
ornamented breasts like that of a full moon,
Stood there with
joy and enchantment. Each of the body parts
of ,
The deer like ladies would be desired
by several people differently,
But if some one sees all beauty in one place , who can stand,
Without losing
all their mind
at that place.
1137.Due to having
the divine conch , due to living
on the lotus ,
And spreading every where and appearing in the minds of people,
As per their want , Virtuous ladies like that of Arundathi ,
Became equal to lord Vishnu , How
can we tell a comparison to her?
1138. With broad waist belt , with anklets with bells,
With snake
Noopuras , bangles and
Tie bells of leg making great sound,
Large number
friends of Sita who had sweet
voice surrounded her while going,
Like the dancing
ladies of Indra coming
surrounding her.
1139.Chinthas,* dwarfs ,, hunchbacks as well as the crowd of her friends,
Came near and saluted her feet and then surrounded her
,
And the lass
started walking under the shade created by gold and gems,
Like the young moon proceeding in the sky surrounded by stars.
*handicapped people
1140.The
earth who gave birth to her who was like a flowery creeper,
Fearing that her tender
feet would get hurt if she walks on bare earth,
Spread new tender leaves as well
as large number of flowers ,
Which she was
wearing in all places where
that lass Sita went.
1141,lIke the playful swan being defeated
by her soft walk which could be
saluted by others,
Fell down and again got up and like that , with Cowries rotating on both her sides ,
That lady came
like a peacock with matchless luster towards
the hall.
1142. All the
ladies of all the worlds came to see
the beauty of the lady,
Who was a
maid and was brought up like the black eyeballs of the eye ,
And like the
sungod who was the light of Rama’s clan
coming down on earth,
With great desire
Sita came under the shade of one decorated shelter.
1143.Wearing
sixteen ornaments made of
purified gold of great luster ,
With ornamental
belt made of gems tied tightly
around her hips,
With bows held down, swords held up and with
shining soldiers,
She took steps
with her small feet , with great pain on
her waist.
1144.She with the
luster of her body comparable
to the luster of gold,
The scent of flowers
, the cool of sandal paste and prettiness of lightning,
Came walking making
swans , the deva ladies and the
rare nectar ashamed,
And reached the
jeweled hall which was in the king’s
council.
1145. Since it was not known who made her
, she was comparable to the form of Vedas,
And seeing her pure body with heavy breasts , men and women ,
Who had shoulders like Bamboo neither
breathed nor lashed their
eye like picture.
1146.Rama who was of the colour of the sea seeing that maid who was like nectar ,
Had a doubt whether “she was
not the lass whom he saw earlier
“ and again,
“She was the lass whom he saw earlier” and later
understanding that it was she only,
Struggling with
great desire to keep his soul within his body
.
Became like Indra
who saw the nectar rising
from the ocean that was churned.
1147.Rama told within his mind that this was the koel
with red feathers ,
Which had come from the top of the hall of virgins and who was
,
Sprayed with nectar
like fully matured
sweetness of honey,
And was like the
result of well done
matured acts and wondered ,
How the koel
which was in her mind was wandering outside also.
1148.Vasishta
thinking , “due to the penance
did by me and other sages Rama ,
Who is the Lord Vishnu
with big eyes who holds the conch and the wheel, came ,
And this girl is definitely the lady who lives on the lotus” and became happy.
1149.That Dasaratha who roams around the world with the only aim to establish Dharma,
Who rules the world
, seeing the beauty of Sita with heavy dark hair ,
Thought “though I
have been always been able to rule all the
seven worlds,
Only today the goddess Lakshmi has reached me , . How great a victory this is?”
1150.When that great lady who speaks in a sweet tone of Nattapadai pan,
Came near the
hands of
others except Dasaratha who had enjoyed the world and great sages
Naturally went up
their hand in sign of salutation , because
, their mind as well as brain,
Considered her as
God and is not the body controlled by
the mind?
1151.Sita saluted first the great sages
and then saluted holy feet of that great king,
And took her seat in the seat reserved for her by her father who was letting down tears of joy,
And it was like Goddess Lakshmi not liking her lotus
seat , wanted to enter the palace of kings.
1152.Sage Viswamithra
who thought that Sita is the model of all women,
Thought , if Rama
had known that by breaking the bow he
would get ,
This lady with the poisonous sharp
eyes , He who is like a green
mountain,
Would not only break
the mountain like bow but also
seven mountains if there was a need.
1153.Though she had heard about
the bending of the bow and
breaking it ,
From many people .
since she was not knowing the full truth
,
Now the doubt in
her mind was cleared to certain extent ,
And she who
enjoyed seeing him in the form
within her mind ,
Saw him in person
, due to the shyness preventing
her,
Saw him by the corner of her eyes, in the guise of repairing her bangles, and he enjoyed it.
1154.The river of
her light which flowed from the corner
of her black eyes towards Rama,
Went and joined the ocean of the body of Rama , And all her doubts were removed,
And with the removal of sorrow to her soul she
let of several sweet breaths,
And that Lady who was wearing rare ornaments
, feeling as if,
She has consumed the entire pot of nectar became
little stout.
1155.That Sita
who had black thick hair , understanding that the stealer ,
Of her mind was the
one who broke the bow , forgot
all earlier sorrow ,
AS soon as the
negative feeling that leads to sorrow vanishes
,
Due to the real wisdom
arising out of knowledge
of philosophy ,
She felt that she has reached the endless joy due to salvation.
1156. The emperor who had an elephant army that punishes,
Seeing Sage Viswamithra who has reached the other shore
of knowledge, said,
“Oh great one , please
be kind enough to tell , the great holy day ,
On which the creeper like Sita with a very thin waist is to get married.”
1157 “Oh king of the country where valai fishes keep springing and jumping,
Where kayal fishes
in the pond bite the head and back of buffaloes lying in the
pond,
And the very
strong viral fishes jump on the betelnut tree and open its leaf sheath
The proper day for
the marriage is tomorrow,” said the great sage Viswamithra.
1158.As soon as
this was told Dasaratha , was
saluted by all other kings,
with his victorious conch with Diamond decoration booming ,
with his victorious conch with Diamond decoration booming ,
With his golden crown reflecting the early sun light
,
Took leave of
those great sages went back to his great
palace.
1159.The swan like Sita parting from Rama
without a mind do it ,
And similarly
Rama with no mind to part from Sita,
Went and reached
the great gold like house which was meant for him.
The kings who were wearing gems also left that place
and reached their places,
Great saints also went away and Sun
with shining rays and set in Mount
Meru.
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