most charming,

Jai Sri Ram,
His long arms were adorned with beautiful ornaments,

The yellow sacred thread greatly enhanced his charm,

While the ring on his finger would ravish all hearts,

Beautified with all sorts of wedding adornments he looked most charming,

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soul enchanting

Jai sri Ram,
Rama's swarthy form was naturally graceful, His Beauty put to shame millions of cupids,

Dyed with red lac, his lotus-feet, which attracted the bee like mind of sages, looked most lovely,

His Sacred and Charming yellow loin-cloth outshone the rising sun as well as the lighting,

The girdle round his waist together with the sweet sounding small bells was soul enchanting,

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shrink out of modesty

Jai sri Ram,
Host of gods rained down flowers and king Dasaratha proceeded to the palace where he and his party had been lodged amidst the crash of kettledrums,

Shouts of victory and the chanting of Vedic texts, there was much rejoicing both in heavens and in the city,

Then, received orders from the chief of sages, Vashista, the lovely companions of the brides conducted them along bride-grooms to the apartment where the guardian deities of the family had been installed for worship during the wedding days,

Again and again did Sita  gaze on sri Rama and shrink out of modesty, her heart, however, refused to shrink, her charming eyes athirst with love, outshone the fish,

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their heart overflowed with love

Jai sri Ram,
Taking these girls as your hand maidens foster them with your unremitting kindness,

Pardon me my offence, it was too presumptuous on my part to have called you here,

The ornament of the solar race, King Dasaratha, in his turn flooded the brides father with all kind of honour,

The courtesy they showed to each other was past all telling; for their heart overflowed with love,

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slaves purchased without any consideration

Jai Sri Ram,
Bowing his head and invoking the gods he addressed them all with joined palms,

Gods and holy men seek one's love alone, can the ocean be propitiated by offering as much water as can be held within one's palms.

Again with joined palms Janaka and his younger brother Kusaketa submitted to Dasratha in winning words full of affection, courtesy and sincerity,

By our connection with you, O King- we have been exalted in every respect; along with his kingdom and all that we possess pray look upon us both as your slaves purchased without any consideration, 

Mother India

Ji Sri Ram,
Today, it is great festival of India that Republic Day,

Indeed a day to celebrate in Love with, that to rejoice eternally in the service of Mother India,

Mother India, a comprehensive truth that care and serve one and all that in true spirit irrespective of all odds,

Obeisance to Mother, My loving Mother-Revere your lotus feet again and again,

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The king of Ayodhya

Jai sri Ram,
The king of Ayodhya gladly accepted all and gave beggars whatever they liked,

Only that which was left was taken to the lodgings of the bridegroom's party,

Then with joined palms Janaka honoured the whole bridegroom's party and spoke in gentle tones,

Having honoured the whole bridegroom's party with courtesy, gifts, supplication and compliments, King Janaka joyfully paid his homage to and greeted the great sages after bestowing his loving attention on them,

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Four

Jai sri Ram,
Four ends of Life_Worldly riches, Religious merits, Sensual enjoyments, and Liberation,

Along with four processes of their realization,  sacrificial performances, piety, practice of yoga and spiritual exercises,

All the other princes were married according to the same rites as have been described in the case of Sri Ram's Marriage,

The richness of the dowry was beyond description, the whole pavilion was packed with gold and jewels,

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four states of conciousness

Jai sri Ram,
All the lovely brides with their handsome bridegrooms shone forth in the same pavilion as though the four states of conciousness_

Walking-Dream-Sound Sleep and Absorption into Brahma,

With the phase of the soul presiding over each gleamed all at once of the heart of an individual,

The King of Ayodhya was delighted to see his four sons with their brides, as though that jewel of monarchs had realized the four ends of life,

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Mandavi, Srutakriti and Urmila,

Jai Sri Ram,
Sri Rama and Princess Sita sat together on a costly seat and king Dasaratha was glad of heart to see them,

Joy thrilled along his veins again and again as he perceived the wish yielding tree of his meritorious deeds bear new fruits, There was rejoice all over the universe, everyone proclaimed that Sri Rama's wedding had been accomplished,

Then, receiving Vashista order, Janaka sent for the other three princess, Mandavi, Srutakriti and Urmila, each clad in bride's attire, the eldest daughter of his younger brother Kusaketu, who was an embodiment of goodness, virtue, joy and beauty, he gave in marriage to Bharata, after performing every rite with love .

Sita's younger sister Urmila, whom he knew to be the crest jewel of charming girls, Janaka gave in marriage to Laxmana with all honour, Finally the bright eyed and fair faced princess Srutakriti, who was mine of all virtues and was well known for her beauty and amiability, the king gave to Ripusudan, When each pair of bride and bridegroom saw that they were well matched with each other, they felt shy but rejoiced in their heart of hearts; everyone joyfully applauded the beauty of each other, while gods rained down flowers,

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sri Rama applied the vermilion to Sita's forehead

Jai sri Ram,
The lovely couple was beyond description, whatever comparison might be suggested would fall short of the reality,

Lovely images of Sri Rama and Sita were reflected on the pillars of jewels and shone as f love and his consort, Rati, witnessed Sri Rama's matchless wedding appearing in numerous forms,

Joyously the sages bade the bride and bridegroom pace round the fire and accomplished all the rites including the ceremonial gifts, sri Rama applied the vermilion to Sita's forehead, a sight the charm of which was altogether beyond description,

Then Vashista gave the direction and the bride and the bridegroom sat together on the same seat,

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circumambulation with charming paces

Jai sri Ram,
King Janaka was unable to make supplication, since that prince Rama of swarthy complexion had justified his name, by making him forget everything about the body,

When oblations had been offered to the sacred fire with due rites, the ends of garments of the bride and the bridegroom were tied together as a token of their indissolute union and the couple began to circumambulate the fire in order to show that the two had been united in the presence of the fire god as a witness,

At the sound of Huzzas, the praises sung by the bards, the recitation of the Vedic texts, the din of the festal songs and the beating of kettledrums the wise immortals rejoiced and rained down flowers from the trees of paradise,

The bride and the bridegroom performed the circumambulation with charming paces; while all present feasted their admiring gaze on the spectacle,

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Janaka give Sita to Rama,

Jai Sri Ram,
It is those very feet that the most lucky Janaka washed amidst shouts of victory from all corners,

Joining the palms of both family priest recited the genealogy of the two families and perceiving that bridegroom has accepted the bride's hand, Brahma and other divinities as well as men and sages were filled with delights,

As the King and the queen gazed on the bridegroom who was the very fountain of joy, the hair of their body stood erect, while their heart filled with rapture,

Having gone through all the rites Janaka gave his daughter to the bridegroom, Janaka give Sita to Rama,

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thrilled with emotions

Jai sri Ram,
The sages recited the Vedas in joyous tones and at the proper time flowers rained down from heavens,

The royal couple were enraptured to behold the bridegroom and began to wash his holy feet,

The whole frame was thrilled with emotions, the sound of kettledrums and shouts of victory in the heavens as well as in the city overflowed in all directions,

The lotus feet that ever sparkle in the lake of purified and all the impurities of Kali age are driven away, by whose touch Sage Gautama's wife attained salvation, whose nectar in the form of Ganga Adorn by Shiva Head and restoring to which with their bee like minds sages and mystics attain goal of their likings,

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The King and Queen joyfully brought

Jai Sri Ram,
What words can describe the world renowned queen-consort of Janaka and Mother of Sita, The creator has exhausted in fashioning her all the bright glory, virtue, joy, and beauty,

Perceiving the appropriate time, the great sages sent for her and in response to their call married women whose husbands were alive brought her with due honour,

Queen Sunayana shone forth to Janaka's left even as Mena beside Himvan,

The King and Queen joyfully brought and placed with their hands gold vases and beautiful trays of jewels filled with holy, scented and auspicious water before Sri Rama,

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nuptial ceremony

Jai sri Ram,
Whatever auspicious articles such as mixture of honey ect., the sages mentally sought at any particular moment attendants stood over ready with gold trays and pitcher full of that substance,

The Sun-god himself lovingly pointed out the family usage, which were scrupulously observed, having thus Sita to worship gods, the sages assigned her a beautiful throne,

The mutual love with which Sita and Rama regarded each other could not be perceived but anyone, it was beyond the reach of the best mind, intellect and speech,

While oblations were offered to the scared fire, the fire god in person accepted the offerings with great delight and the Vedas in guise of Brahmanas directed the procedure of the nuptial ceremony,

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directed the Brahmans to worship Goddess Gauri and her son Ganesha

Jai Sri Ram,
The gods made obeisance and rained down flowers; while the sages uttered their benedictions which were the source of all blessings,

In this manner Sri Sita entered the pavilion, while great sages recited propitiated texts in great joy,

The two family preceptors performed all the religious rites and ceremonies and observed the family customs,

Having observed the family customs the gurus in great joy directed the Brahmans to worship Goddess Gauri and her son Ganesha, the gods accepted the homage in visible form and gave their blessings with great delight,

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Rama had his heart's desire fulfilled

Jai Sri Ram,
At the sound of their melodies strains the sages felt obliged to give up their meditation,

Sri Sita in her native loveliness shone forth among the bevy of ladies as a charming personification of beauty in the midst of the graces,

Sri Sita's elegant form baffle all description,  When members of the bridegroom party saw Sri Sita approach, a variable storehouse of beauty and spotless in everyway, all greeted her from the core of their heart,

At the sight of Janaki Rama had his heart's desire fulfilled, King Dasaratha with all his other sons was filled with delight, the joy of their heart could not be expressed,

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elephant in rut

Jai sri Ram,

The queen honoured them again and again treating them on a par with Uma Rama and Sarada,

After adorning Sita and forming a circle about her they joyously conducted her to pavilion,

Equipping themselves with auspicious materials Sita's companions and other ladies conducted her to the pavilion with due honour,

Each of them was lovely if form and had practised all the sixteen forms of adornment and moved with grace of an elephant in rut,

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mortal women

Jai Sri Ram,
Perceiving that time of wedding had arrived, Vashista sent for Satananda with all honour due to him and on hearing the call the latter came with all reverence,

Kindly go and bring the bride quickly mow, receiving the sage's order he gladly left, the wise queen with her associates was highly pleased to hear the priest's message,

She sent for a few Brahman ladies and elder ladies of the family, who performed the family rites and sang charming festal songs,

The consort of the principal gods, who were disguised as mortal women, were naturally lovely and in the prime of their youth,

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gentle disposition

Jai Sri Ram,
Who should recognize and whom should one know, when everyone had forgotten one's own self,

As they gazed on the bridegroom, who was bliss personified, joy was diffused on both sides,

The all wise Sri Rama recognized the gods, worshipped them mentally and assigned them seats of his own fancy,

The immortals were delighted at heart to perceive the congenial manners and gentle disposition of the Lord,

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spectacle

Jai sri Ram,
King Janaka worshipped all the members of the bridegroom's party with the same honour in every respect as he had paid to bridegroom's father, Assigned appropriate seats to them all,

How am i to describe with my one tongue the warmth of his feeling,

Janaka Honoured the whole bridegroom party with gifts, polite behaviour, supplication and sweet words,

Brahma, Hari, har and guardian of eight quarter of the world and the Sun god, all of whom had knowledge of sri Rama's glory, disguised themselves as Noble brahmanas and witnessed the spectacle with great delight,

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He worshipped the sage Vashista

Jai sri Ram,
The marvellous art of pavilion and its charm captivating the heart even of sages,

Yet Wise Janaka fetched and placed with his own hands thrones for all the honoured guests,

He worshipped the sage Vashista, as if he was his own family deity and supplicating before him received his blessings; while the supreme devotion with which he paid his homage to kaushika was something too great for words,

King Janaka gladly adored Vamadeva another family preceptor of Dasaratha and other sages as well, he gave them all gorgeous seats received blessings from all of them in return,

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voice from heaven

Jai sri Ram,
Having observed every customs that derived its authority from the Vedas or from popular tradition the two kings embraced each other,

Ever since Brahma created the world, we have witnessed and heard many marriages but only today that we have seen pomp and grandeur on both sides so well balanced in every respect,

Hearing the above voice from heaven, which was so charming yet so true,

There was flood of transcendent love on both sides, unrolling beautiful carpets on the way and offering water to wash his hands with, Janaka himself conducted Dasaratha to the pavilion with all honour,

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they regard this privileges

Jai Sri Ram,
When sri Rama was installed on the seat reserved for him, lights were waved round him

Everyone rejoiced to behold the bridegroom, scattering about him gems and raiment and ornaments in profusion,

While women sang festal songs, Brahma and other great gods witnessed the spectacle disguised as Brahmanas,

They gazed on the beauty of Sri Rama, who delighted Raghu's race even as the Sun brings joy to the lotuses, they regard this privileges as the fulfilment of their life,

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The Five Kinds of Music

Jai sri Ram,
And duly completed all the rites prescribed by the Vedas as well as by family usage,

The Five Kinds of Music were being played, accompanied by five varieties of other sounds,

Carpet of different sorts spread on the way,

After wavering lights the queen offered water to sri Rama for washing his hands with and latter then proceeded to the pavilion,

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Restraining her tears out of regard

Jai sri Ram,
All the women were delighted at heart to behold the bridegroom, who was the fountain of joy,

Tears of love rushed to their lotus like eyes and their hair on their pretty limbs stood erect,

The Joy which Sita's mother felt in her heart on beholding Sri Rama in the attire of bridegroom was more than a thousand could not tell in a hundred kalpas,

Restraining her tears out of regard for the auspicious occasion, Queen Sunayana performed the ceremony of waving lights with a gladdened heart,

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supreme spirit incarnate,

Jai Sri Ram,
All kind of music played and there were rejoicing both in the heaven and in the city,

Sang festal songs in a melodious voice and as everyone was overcome with joy no one can could recognize them,

Who should recognize whom when everyone in the gymnasium proceeded in her ecstatic joy to join the ceremony of waving lights round the bridegroom,

Who was no other than the supreme spirit incarnate,

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elephants blushed for shame to see their gait

Jai sri Ram,
They all had moon-like faces, and eyes like those of a gazelle; by the elegance of their form they robbed Rati of all self-conceit,

Attired in costly garments of various colours they had adorned their person with all kinds of ornaments,

They had further beautified all their limbs with auspicious materials, Sang melodies that put to shame even female cuckoo,

Bracelets, small bells round their waistband as well as anklets made a jingling sound as they moved and even love's elephants blushed for shame to see their gait,

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Queen Sunayana-Sita's Mother

Jai sri Ram,
All the gods envied Indra and observed, No one can vie with Purandra today,

The whole host of heavenly beings rejoiced to behold Sri Rama and there was joy beyond measure in the court of both the Monarchs,

In this way when it was known that the marriage procession was approaching, all sorts of music began to play,

while Queen Sunayana-Sita's Mother, summoned married woman whose husbands were alive and prepared with their help auspicious materials for the ceremony of waving lights round the bridegroom,

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behold Sri Rama's beauty

Jai Sri Ram,
Marching with its mind completely merged in the lord's with the horse looked most beautiful,

Though a cloud irradiated by stars and the fitful lightning had mounted a peacock and made at dance,

When Sri Hari Vishnu fondly gazed on Rama, both Rama and her Lord were equally enchanted,

Brahma too was delighted to behold Sri Rama's beauty; but he felt sorry to think that he had only eight eyes,

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small yanking bells

Jai sri Ram,
It seemed as if cupid himself had appeared with all charm in disguise of a horse for the sake of Sri Rama,

Fascinating the whole universe with its youth and vigour, form and virtues as well as with its pace,

A bejewelled saddle, thick set with beautiful pearls, gems and rubies shone on his back,

The exquisite band with small yanking bells and the lovely bridle, dazed gods, men and sages alike,

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