हृदयँ लाइ लिए गोद मोद अति भूपहि।
कहि न सकहिं सत सेष अनंद अनूपहि॥
The king affectionately embraced Sri Ram and Laxman and seated them lovingly on his laps. He felt extremely pleased and exhilarated at that moment. Not even hundreds of Sheshnaths (the legendary hundred hooded serpents) can ever describe the immense sense of joy and exhilaration that flowed at that time in abundance at that time.
In other words, thousands of expert narrators and writers will never be able to describe the intensity of love and affection as well as the atmosphere of joy, happiness and cheer that prevailed during those moments when king Dasrath met his two sons Ram and Laxman as well as sage Vishwamitra.
The loving father who was not willing to part with his two beloved sons at any cost, but had to relent and send them to the far away forest to fight demons under pressure of the two great sages, sage Vashistha and sage Vishwamitra, would naturally be overjoyed and brim-over with love and ecstasy on seeing them once again. And it was not an ordinary reunion. As every father would dream of, king Dasrath was extremely delighted and pleased to learn that his son Ram has established his majesty and glory on his own in the middle of an assembly where all the mighty and powerful kings and princes of the world at that time were present.
To add icing to the cake, his son had succeeded in marrying a beautiful princess by defeating all other contenders in full public view, and this was no ordinary or lean achievement as the victory was centered on breaking of an object, the bow, that was regarded as being as much invincible and strong as the ‘Vajra’, the mighty weapon of Indra, the king of Gods. Therefore, this victory established Lord Ram’s fame throughout the world instantenously. Say, what more can or would a father ever want?
Hence, the happiness of Dasrath knew no bounds, and it had many dimensions— he was happy to meet his beloved sons once again; he was happy to see Ram established as a matchless warrior having an equally matchless strength and might; he was happy that he has got married; and he was happy that the father-in-law of Ram is also a renowned king in his own right.
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