Baal Kaanda
54 - Janaka's despatching of messengers to Ayodhya and departure of the marriage procession from there
Chaupais
Description
They further made charming and excellent festoons, which looked like so many nooses prepared as it were by Cupid. They also put up many auspicious vases as well as beautiful flags and banners, curtains and chowries. The marvellous pavilion with a number of beautiful lamps consisting of brilliant gems was beyond description. What poet has the wit wherewith to describe the pavilion which is going to shelter Videha's Daughter as the bride? The canopy which is going to hold Sri Rama, the ocean of beauty and perfection, as the bridegroom, must be the glory of all the three worlds. The splendour that belonged to King Janaka's palace was to be seen in every house of that city; to him who beheld Tirahuta (Janaka's capital) during that time all the fourteen spheres* appeared of small account. The prosperity that reigned in the house of the humblest citizen was enough to fascinate even the lord of celestials