Valmiki Ramayana 2.50.8-10: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 50, Shlokas 8-10
गङ्गादर्शनम् तथा गुहसमागमः
Vision of the Gaṅgā and Meeting with Guha
ततो धान्यधनोपेतान् दानशीलजनान् शिवान् ।
अकुतश्चिद्भयान् रम्यांश्चैत्ययूपसमावृतान् ॥८॥
उद्यानाम्रवनोपेतान् सम्पन्नसलिलाशयान् ।
तुष्टपुष्टजनाकीर्णान् गोकुलाकुलसेवितान् ॥९॥
लक्षणीयान्नरेन्द्राणां ब्रह्मघोषाभिनादितान् ।
रथेन पुरुषव्याघ्रः कोसलानत्यवर्तत ॥१०॥
tato dhānyadhanopetān dānaśīlajanān śivān |
akutaścidbhayān ramyāṁś caityayūpasamāvṛtān ||8||
udyānāmravanopetān sampannasalilāśayān |
tuṣṭapuṣṭajanākīrṇān gokulākulasevitān ||9||
lakṣaṇīyān narendrāṇāṁ brahmaghoṣābhināditān |
rathena puruṣavyāghraḥ kosalān atyavartata ||10||
राम रथ में बैठे और कोसल के एरिया से गुज़रे। वहाँ अन्न और धन दोनों थे। लोग दिए देते थे और अच्छे थे। किसी तरफ से डर नहीं था। मंदिर और पूजा के स्थान थे। बाग़ और आम के पेड़ थे। पानी की टैंक साफ़ थी। लोग खुश थे और खा-पे के थे। गाय-मैंस चलती थी। राजा लोग देखने आते थे। वेद की आवाज़ सुनाई देती थी।
Rama, the best of men, crossed the auspicious land of Kosala which was worth seeing by kings. It looked charming with sacrificial posts and altars, pleasure gardens and mango groves and tanks filled with water. It was rich with herds ofcattle, wealth and foodgrains. It was inhabited by charitable, contented and well-nourished people free from fear from any quarter. And it reverberated with the sounds of Vedic recitations.
FAQs
A dharmic kingdom is portrayed by social welfare: charity, fearlessness, ritual order, and prosperity shared among contented people.
As Rāma travels, the poem describes Kosala’s ideal conditions—material abundance and spiritual culture—before he reaches Ayodhyā.
Indirectly, the virtue of righteous governance (rajadharma) that produces a fearless, charitable, and Veda-resounding society.
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