Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya
Chapter 29
'स्त्रियोंमें भी परस्पर विवाद नहीं होता था; फिर पुरुषोंकी तो बात ही क्या है? श्रीरामके राज्य-शासनकालमें समस्त प्रजा सदा धर्ममें तत्पर रहती थी ।। संतुष्टा: सर्वसिद्धार्था निर्भया: स्वैरचारिण: । नरा: सत्यव्रताश्चासन् रामे राज्यं प्रशासति,'श्रीरामचन्द्रजी जब राज्य करते थे, उस समय सभी मनुष्य संतुष्ट, पूर्णकाम, निर्भय, स्वाधीन और सत्यव्रती थे
santuṣṭāḥ sarvasiddhārthā nirbhayāḥ svairacāriṇaḥ | narāḥ satyavratāś cāsan rāme rājyaṃ praśāsati ||
Vāyu-deva said: When Śrī Rāma governed the kingdom, the people lived in a state of exemplary order. Even among women there was no mutual quarrel—how much less among men. Under Rāma’s rule, all were continually devoted to dharma: content, fulfilled in their aims, free from fear, able to move and act without oppression, and steadfast in vows of truth.
वायुदेव उवाच