Valmiki Ramayana 2.5.14: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 5, Shloka 14

अभिषेकोपवास-आदेशः

Coronation Preparations and the Fast Enjoined

Setting: Rama-veśma (Rama’s residence) in AyodhyaPlaces named: Rama-veśma

Devanagari script

हृष्टनारीनरयुतं रामवेश्म तदा बभौ ।

यथा मत्तद्विजगणं प्रफुल्लनलिनं सरः ॥१४॥

Recitation with translationValmiki Ramayana 2.5.14

Transliteration

hṛṣṭanārīnarayutaṃ rāmaveśma tadā babhau |

yathā mattadvijagaṇaṃ praphullanalinaṃ saraḥ ||14||

Translation

राम के घर में औरतें और मर्द सब खुश थे। घर चमक रहा था। जैसे कोई तालाब होता जिसमें कमल खिले हो और पक्षी उड़ रहे हो, वैसा लग रहा था।

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Word by Word

• hṛṣṭa-nārī-nara-yutam: filled with joyful women and men
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hṛṣṭa (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + nārī (प्रातिपदिक) + nara (प्रातिपदिक) + yuta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (determinative: ‘endowed with cheerful women and men’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of rāma-veśma)
• Role: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Compound: Tatpurusha

• rāma-veśma: Rāma’s residence
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक) + veśman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘Rāma’s house’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Compound: Tatpurusha

• tadā: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (then)
• Role: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)

• babhau: shone/was splendid
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhā (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
• Role: Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)

• yathā: like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमानवाचक-अव्यय (as/like)
• Role: Upamā (उपमा-सूचक)

• matta-dvija-gaṇam: with flocks of intoxicated birds
• Type: Adjective
• Root: matta (प्रातिपदिक) + dvija (प्रातिपदिक) + gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (‘intoxicated-bird-flock’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (implicit of saraḥ)
• Role: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Compound: Tatpurusha

• praphulla-nalinam: with fully bloomed lotuses
• Type: Adjective
• Root: praphulla (प्रातिपदिक) + nalina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (‘fully-bloomed lotuses’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of saraḥ)
• Role: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Compound: Karmadharaya

• saraḥ: a lake
• Type: Noun
• Root: saras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
• Role: Upamāna (उपमान)

Sandhi Notes

• हृष्टनारीनरयुतं = हृष्ट + नारी + नर + युतम् (समास)
• रामवेश्म = राम + वेश्म (समास)
• मत्तद्विजगणं = मत्त + द्विज + गणम्
• प्रफुल्लनलिनं = प्रफुल्ल + नलिनम्

Context

The residence of Rama, full of cheerful men and women, looked splendid like a lake with full-blown lotuses flocked by multitudes of intoxicated birds.

The teaching

Auspicious collective joy arises when leadership is trusted; public delight becomes a sign of perceived dharmic fitness of the ruler.

Ethical theme

Rājadharma (public welfare/approval)

For your practice

Contemplation of maṅgala and gratitude; seeing beauty as a prompt toward śānta-citta.

Mood and themes

Rasa

Adbhuta (wonder), with Shringara (love)

Mood

Festive, radiant, blooming

Themes

• Dharma
• Satya
• Auspiciousness
• Public joy
• Poetic simile

Symbolism

Cross references

Meter and recitation

Characters & Entities

• Rāma

FAQs

What is the core ethical principle (Dharma) in this verse?

Dharma here is communal harmony: righteous leadership generates shared joy and social flourishing, depicted through auspicious imagery.

What is the narrative situation?

The text describes the festive, radiant atmosphere around Rāma’s residence during the coronation preparations.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Rāma’s auspicious presence—his very household becomes a center of delight and order.