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Śrī Sītāyana

श्री सीतायन

Rāmapriyā Śaraṇa Premakalī

Documentary pages: 5 protected
Located primary: 6 kāṇḍas · 596 pages
Root units: 2 provisional

Provisional root source-page 1 · Bāla-kāṇḍa printed page 1 · PDF page 20

Invocation and the opening vision of Sītā's realm

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श्रीसीतायण ॥ बाल काण्ड (प्रथम काण्ड) आरम्भ ॥ ॥ श्रीमिथिला-शृङ्गारायै रामरसिकायै नमः ॥ ॥ श्रीअवध-शृङ्गाराय सीतारसिकाय नमः ॥ ॥ श्रीयुगल-किशोराय रसिक-प्राणवल्लभाय नमः ॥ ॥ दोहा ॥ श्रीसीता श्रीराम युगल, चरण-कमल करि ध्यान ॥ वरणन भाषा में कछुक, वेद पुराण प्रमान ॥ नवलकिशोरी जानकी, नवल लाल रघुनाथ ॥ नवल चरित तिनको कहौं, नवल सनेहके साथ ॥ सीया-चरण अनुराग मोहि, सिय बिनु कछु न सोहाति ॥ ताते सीतायण कहौं, रामायण [जेहि मोहिं?] ॥ सिया सिया रसना रटे, हटे न एक निमेष ॥ सिया महल तब [सहलतें?], परे विमल [हग देश?] ॥ जहँ अनन्त ब्रह्माण्ड को, विभव लजावनि हार ॥ एक एक तहँ देखिये, वस्तु अनेक प्रकार ॥ सतचित आनन्द रूप सब, ब्रह्म विष्णु शिव ध्यान ॥ उमा रमा शारद शची, निशिदिन करति बखान ॥ जहाँ नवल पीतमप्रिया, निशि-दिन करत विहार ॥ षट्ऋतु की जहाँ कुञ्ज बहु, रचना विविधि प्रकार ॥ सकल विमल चिन्मय, अकल परानन्द सुखरूप ॥ [चवरंग-मणिमय?] लसत सो, सब आतमा-सरूप ॥ सकल कामना हीन हैं, रहे सदा आनन्द ॥ यह सुख तब उर आवई, जब छूटे सब छन्द ॥ विमल भक्ति जब उर बसे, सिय की आशीर्वाद ॥ तब शक्ति आह्लादिनी, हिय बसि कर आह्लाद ॥ युगल रूप श्यामल गौर, करहिं नयन गृह वास ॥ तब विहरें सिय महल में, सदा रहें पियपास ॥

Fresh English

Śrī Sītāyana. The Bāla-kāṇḍa—the first kāṇḍa—begins. Homage to the adornment of Mithilā, she who delights in Rāma; homage to the adornment of Ayodhyā, he who delights in Sītā; homage to the youthful divine couple, beloved as the very life of rasikas.

Meditating upon the lotus feet of the pair Śrī Sītā and Śrī Rāma, I describe a little in the vernacular, taking the Vedas and Purāṇas as authority. Jānakī is ever-fresh youthfulness and Raghunātha an ever-fresh beloved; I shall tell their ever-new deeds with ever-new affection.

My heart is attached to Sīyā's feet; without Sīyā nothing pleases me. Therefore I tell the Sītāyana; the final phrase of this couplet is damaged or idiomatically unresolved in this witness. May the tongue repeat ‘Sīyā, Sīyā’ without stopping even for an instant. The next half-couplet invokes Sīyā's stainless realm, but two printed readings remain unresolved and are not silently supplied.

There, the splendour of each of the countless universes is put to shame, and in every place objects of many kinds are seen. All is being, consciousness, and bliss; Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Śiva meditate upon it, while Umā, Ramā, Śāradā, and Śacī praise it night and day.

There the ever-new beloved couple sports day and night. Groves belonging to all six seasons stand there in manifold designs. All is stainless and made of consciousness—undivided, supremely blissful, and happiness itself. A damaged compound describes its jewelled radiance; everything is the form of the Self.

Those who are free of every desire remain always in bliss. This happiness enters the heart when all restless hankerings fall away. When stainless devotion dwells within through Sīyā's blessing, the power of divine delight comes to dwell in the heart and fills it with joy. The dark-and-fair form of the couple makes the eyes its home; then the devotee roams Sīyā's palace and abides forever thirsting for the Beloved.

Reading holds

[जेहि मोहिं?]: The letterforms favour this reading, but its construction after रामायण remains unresolved.
[सहलतें?] … [हग देश?]: Two words in the Sīyā-mahala couplet remain unclear and are not translated lexically.
[चवरंग-मणिमय?]: The compound before लसत सो is visually uncertain; the English preserves only its secure claim of jewelled radiance.

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Provisional root source-page 2 · Bāla-kāṇḍa printed page 2 · PDF page 21

Janakpur and the household of King Janaka

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जलकुक्कुट अरु हंस बहु, मीन लसत जलमाहँ ॥ घाट ऊपर अति मन हरण, कल्प वृक्ष की छाँह ॥ अमित निकेतन तें लसत, कमलापुलिन अनूप ॥ फिरत चतुर्दिशि नारि नर, सब रति काम-सरूप ॥ राजदुन्दुभी बजत हैं, राजद्वार छवि अयन ॥ धन्य सो नर अरु नारि हैं, जे निरखत भरि नयन ॥ भूपभीड़ निशिदिन रहत, राजमहल के द्वार ॥ मागध बन्दिनर अमित, विरुद करत उच्चार ॥ अमित बजाज सराफ के, लसत दोकान अपार ॥ वस्तु बिना [गथ?] पाइये, देतन लागत बार ॥ अस कोउ नहिं जो धन हरत, [पक्की?] मुक्ति बनाइ ॥ बलु आपनों निधि देत हैं, जो चहि सो पाइ ॥ देश देश की वस्तु सब, देश देश के लोग ॥ तिनकी अमित दोकान है, सबविधि वरणोजोग ॥ ॥ चौपाई ॥ सब विधि पुरी मनोहर दरसे * सकल सिद्धिप्रद तेहि जो परसे ॥ तहाँ जनक बहु भाइ सहिता * करत राज सुअखंड पुनीता ॥ सब दिशि के ऋषि नायक आवहिं * देखि पुरी विराग बिसरावहिं ॥ करहिं जनक नृप सो संवाद * वचनामृत सुनि सुनि आह्लादा ॥ सब ऋषि मुनि सत्संगति पाई * तृपि होइ पुनि करहिं बड़ाई ॥ अमित दान दिन प्रति नृप देहीं * सादर विप्र बन्दी जन लेहिं ॥ जनक राय की प्रिय महरानी * नाम सुनयना छवि गुण-खानी ॥ सुकृति [अनपतिवर्तन?] माहीं * जनक-रानि सम दूसर नाहीं ॥ पति अनुकूल सदा रहती हैं * जोइ अज्ञा सेवा गहती हैं ॥ परम मनोहर चरित अपारा * करति सुनयना महल मझारा ॥ बहु रानिन में ई पटरानी * शोभा तेज शील गुणखानी ॥ धर्मराज नय जानति नीके * निज छवि निदरति रूप रती के ॥ अमित सहेलीं सेवा करहीं * व्यजन चारु चामर शिर धरहीं ॥ षट्ऋतु कुञ्ज अनेक महल में * अमित किंकरी रहति टहल में ॥

Fresh English

Waterfowl and many swans are there, and fish shine in the water. Above the landing places, delightful to the mind, spreads the shade of wish-fulfilling trees. Countless dwellings gleam upon the peerless bank of the Kamalā. Women and men move in every direction, all embodiments of love and desire.

Royal kettledrums sound; the palace gate is an abode of beauty. Blessed are the men and women who behold it to their eyes' content. A crowd of rulers remains day and night at the palace gate, while innumerable Māgadhas and bards proclaim praises.

Endless shops of merchants and jewellers shine there. The line about obtaining goods contains an unresolved printed word; it continues that giving them takes time. No one there takes another's wealth, but the rest of that half-couplet is uncertain. Instead, people give from their own treasure, and each receives what is desired. Goods and people from country after country are present; their countless shops are worthy of description in every way.

The city appears enchanting in every respect and bestows every accomplishment upon one who touches it. There Janaka, together with his many brothers, rules a pure and unbroken realm of happiness. Leading sages come from every direction; seeing the city, they forget even detachment. They converse with King Janaka and rejoice again and again on hearing the nectar of his words. Sages and seers gain holy company there, become satisfied, and praise it once more.

Each day the king gives immeasurable gifts, which brahmins and court bards respectfully receive. King Janaka's beloved chief queen is named Sunayanā, a treasury of beauty and virtue. One printed expression within the line praising her among virtuous wives remains unresolved; securely, it says that no other queen equals Janaka's queen.

She is always devoted to her husband and takes up whatever service he commands. Sunayanā performs boundless, supremely lovely deeds within the palace. Among the many queens she is the chief queen, a treasury of splendour, radiance, character, and virtue. She knows dharma and polity well; her beauty puts even Rati's loveliness to shame. Countless companions serve her, bearing elegant fans and fly-whisks above her head. In the palace's many groves of the six seasons, innumerable maidservants remain in attendance.

Reading holds

[गथ?]: The glyphs are reasonably clear, but the word in the shop couplet remains lexically unresolved and is not supplied in English.
[पक्की?]: The printed form before मुक्ति बनाइ appears to read पक्की, but the phrase remains contextually unresolved.
[अनपतिवर्तन?]: The compact expression after सुकृति is visually and grammatically uncertain; the English translates only the secure praise that follows.

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Located 1994 witness

Janakpur Udyog Vanijya Sangh's first edition (Vikrama Saṃvat 2051 / 1994) maps continuously across PDF pages 20–615 and ends explicitly after its sixth kāṇḍa.

Bāla-kāṇḍa · printed pages 1–78
Madhuramāla-kāṇḍa · printed pages 79–153
Jayamāla-kāṇḍa · printed pages 154–392
Rasamāla-kāṇḍa · printed pages 1–100
Sukhamāla-kāṇḍa · printed pages 1–51
Rasāla-kāṇḍa · printed pages 52–104

Precise gaps

Candrikā-kāṇḍa, the seventh section reported in the manuscript, is absent from the located 1994 six-kāṇḍa edition.
The reported 317-leaf, seven-kāṇḍa manuscript has not been directly inspected or digitized.
The 1897 Bāla and Madhuramāla printings reported by the 1957 study have not been obtained for collation.
Only Bāla-kāṇḍa printed pages 1–2 / PDF pages 20–21 have been transcribed and translated from the located root; the remaining 594 root pages are untreated.
The relationship between the 1994 printed text and the reported manuscript leaf totals is not established.
No complete primary verse-numbering map or canonical text-unit total has been established; the first root release is explicitly a source-page unit, not an inferred textual division.
The primary facsimile is linked at its host but not redistributed because its archive record supplies no reuse licence.

Counts are exactly 2 draft, 0 checked, 2 provisional, 2 published, and 0 published-final root source-page units. Five documentary pages are published separately from those counts. This work appears in Incomplete Scriptures and Chapter Eight, never Complete Scriptures.