Baal Kaanda Siva's peculiar marriage procession and preparations for the wedding (undertaken by the other party) - Chhands
Ramcharitmanas · Baal Kaanda Siva's peculiar marriage procession and preparations for the wedding (undertaken by the other party) · Verse Chhands 1649
Sanskrit Original
तन खीन कोउ अति पीन पावन कोउ अपावन गति धरें। भूषन कराल कपाल कर सब सद्य सोनित तन भरें।। खर स्वान सुअर सृकाल मुख गन बेष अगनित को गनै। बहु जिनस प्रेत पिसाच जोगि जमात बरनत नहिं बनै।।
tana khīna kōu ati pīna pāvana kōu apāvana gati dharēṃ. bhūṣana karāla kapāla kara saba sadya sōnita tana bharēṃ.. khara svāna suara sṛkāla mukha gana bēṣa aganita kō ganai. bahu jinasa prēta pisāca jōgi jamāta baranata nahiṃ banai..
Some had lean and thin bodies, while others were very stout; some were tidy, while others had dirty habits. They had frightful ornaments, carried skulls in their hands and were all smeared with fresh blood. They bore heads of donkeys, dogs, swine and jackals and the varieties of their clothes could not be counted. The troops of spirits, goblins and fairies of various kinds beggared description.