SITA’S NUPTIALS, A FLORAL DECORATION

SITA’S NUPTIALS, A FLORAL DECORATION

                    (Bibhushana Pushpe)

(As translated by Prahanjana K Mishra from Original Translation by DrBCNayak Link - http://positivevibes.today/article/newsview/173 )

“Let the lovely bride

be ready for the occasion.

Bedeck her with flowers,

burnish her with gold.

Let her complexion

rival the paddy blossoms.

Lead her to offer her prayers

at the exalted feet

of lord Ganesh

before garlanding Ram,

making him her proud husband”

urges Kaushika.

The words of the sage

suffuses Ram, the Raghuvanshi,

with a heavenly joy,

as does the cool and fragrant

sandal paste

soothing excitements.

“This bride, who would walk

her wedding ramp now,

is my little Sita,

‘daughter of the tilled earth’,

name to match her origin

in the midst of a furrowed field.

Her comely charm

enchants the eyes of onlookers,

with the feel of a holy dip.

Her birth has ordained

the primal seedling of love.”

is what the august gathering gathered

from the soliloquy

of her happy father.