The Consecration Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BB CC DD EE BF GG HH EE II JJ FF BB KK KK KK LL MN| Joy joy in bright Ayodhya gladness filled the hearts of all | A |
| Joy joy a lofty music sounded in the royal hall | A |
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| Fourteen years of woe were ended Rama now assumed his own | B |
| And they placed the weary wand'rer on his father's ancient throne | B |
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| And they brought the sacred water from each distant stream and hill | C |
| From the vast and boundless ocean from each far and sacred rill | C |
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| Vasishtha the Bard of Vedas with auspicious rites and meet | D |
| Placed the monarch and his consort on the gemmed and jewelled seat | D |
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| Gautama and Katyayana Vamadeva priest of yore | E |
| Jabali and wise Vijaya verged in holy ancient lore | E |
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| Poured the fresh and fraurant water on the consecrated kine | B |
| As the Gods anointed INDRA from the pure ethereal spring | F |
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| Vedic priests with sacred mantra dark eyed virgins with their song | G |
| Warriors girt in arms and weapons round the crown d monarch throng | G |
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| Juices from each fragrant creeper on his royal brow they place | H |
| And his father's crown and jewels Rama's ample forehead grace | H |
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| And as Manu first of monarchs was enthroned in days of yore | E |
| So was Rama consecrated by the priests of Vedic lore | E |
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| Brave Satrughna on his brother cast the white umbrella's shade | I |
| Bold Sugriva and Bibhishan waved the chowri gem inlaid | I |
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| VAYU God of gentle zephyrs gift of golden garland lent | J |
| INDRA God of rain and sunshine wreath of pearls to Rama sent | J |
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| Gay Gandharvas raised the music fair Apsaras formed the ring | F |
| Men in nations hailed their Rama as their lord and righteous king | F |
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| And tis told by ancient sages during Rama's happy reign | B |
| Death untimely dire diseases came not to his subject men | B |
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| Widows wept not in their sorrow for their lords untimely lost | K |
| Mothers wailed not in their anguish for their babes by YAMA crost | K |
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| Robbers cheats and gay deceivers tempted not with lying word | K |
| Neighbour loved his righteous neighbour and the people loved their lord | K |
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| Trees their ample produce yielded as returning seasons went | K |
| And the earth in grateful gladness never failing harvest lent | K |
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| Rains descended in their season never came the blighting gale | L |
| Rich in crop and rich in pasture was each soft and smiling vale | L |
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| Loom and anvil gave their produce and the tilled and fertile soil | M |
| And the nation lived rejoicing in their old ancestral | N |
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