Valmiki Ramayana 2.91.27: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 91, Shloka 27
भरद्वाजाश्रमे भरतसैन्यस्य दिव्यात्मिथ्यम् / Divine Hospitality to Bharata’s Army at Bharadvaja’s Hermitage
स शब्दो द्यां च भूमिं च प्राणिनां श्रवणानि च ।
विवेशोच्चरितश्श्लक्ष्णस्समो लयसमन्वितः ॥२७॥
sa śabdo dyāṃ ca bhūmiṃ ca prāṇināṃ śravaṇāni ca |
viveśoccāritaḥ ślakṣṇaḥ samo layasamanvitaḥ ||27||
एक आवाज़ थी, बहुत नरम और मीठी। उसमें सुर और ताल दोनों थे। वो आवाज़ आसमान और ज़मीन दोनों जगह फैल गई। सब लोगों के कानों तक पहुँच गई।
That soft, melodious, rhythmic and wellmodulated sound entered the heaven and earth as well as the ears of all living beings.
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Dharma is suggested through auspicious order and harmony: rhythmic, well-modulated sound symbolizes a world aligned with rightness rather than disorder.
During Bharadvāja’s hospitality, wondrous, divine arrangements are manifested; the verse describes the pervading, pleasing sound that accompanies the spectacle.
Not a single character virtue directly; the emphasis is on auspicious harmony (saṃyama/niyama) as a moral-aesthetic atmosphere.
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