Shrutabodha 46_198

46_198

The sequence of practicing metres [is] through descriptions of stories, cities, all objects, daily duties, and so forth, / and through the observed actions of people, as follows: // There was a king named Daśaratha; he had four sons, / celebrated as Rāma, Lakṣmaṇa, Śatrughna, and Bharata. // With its mass of darkness dispelled by the astonishing rays of jewel-palaces, / that city shines constantly, as if it were the royal capital of the Day. // This cooking-pot shines filled with cooked food; the water jar is adorned with water; / the cloth is observed to be fine; this young bride is Lakṣmī herself in visible form.