उत्सवश्च महानासीदयोध्यायां जनाकुलः। रथ्याश्च जनसम्बाधा नटनर्तकसंकुलाः॥ गायनैश्च विराविण्यो वादनैश्च तथापरैः। विरेजुर्विपुलास्तत्र सर्वरत्नसमन्विनाम्॥ प्रदेयांश्च ददौ राजा सूतमागधबन्दिनाम्। ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ददौ वित्तं गोधनानि सहस्रशः॥
utsavaśca mahānāsīdayodhyāyāṃ janākulaḥ| rathyāśca janasambādhā naṭanartakasaṃkulāḥ|| gāyanaiśca virāviṇyo vādanaiśca tathāparaiḥ| virejurvipulāstatra sarvaratnasamanvinām|| pradeyāṃśca dadau rājā sūtamāgadhabandinām| brāhmaṇebhyo dadau vittaṃ godhanāni sahasraśaḥ||
English Meaning
And high festivities were commenced by the multitude in Ayodhyā. And the spacious highways became filled with players and dancers, glittering with all kinds of gems, and resounding with the music of singers and performers on instruments. And the king bestowed gifts upon bards and genealogists and panegyrists, and he also gave kine by thousands to Brāhmaṇas.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)