Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 17, Shloka 5

रामस्य राजमार्गगमनम्

Rama’s Progress along the Royal Highway

Devanagari script

चन्दनानां च मुख्यानामगरूणां च सञ्चयैः।।2.17.3।।उत्तमानां च गन्धानां क्षौमकोशाम्बरस्य च। अविद्धाभिश्च मुक्ताभिरुत्तमैस्स्फाटिकैरपि।।2.17.4।।शोभमानमसंबाधैस्तं राजपथमुत्तमम्। संवृतं विविधैःपुष्पैर्भक्ष्यैरुच्चावचैरपि।।2.17.5।।

Transliteration

candanānāṃ ca mukhyānām agarūṇāṃ ca sañcayaiḥ || 2.17.3 ||

uttamānāṃ ca gandhānāṃ kṣaumakośāmbarasya ca | aviddhābhiś ca muktābhir uttamaiḥ sphāṭikair api || 2.17.4 ||

śobhamānam asaṃbādhais taṃ rājapatham uttamam | saṃvṛtaṃ vividhaiḥ puṣpair bhakṣyair uccāvacair api || 2.17.5 ||

Translation

この項も同じ合成本文を繰り返す。広々として壮麗な王の大路は香と上質の布に覆われ、真珠と水晶が輝き、花々とさまざまな供食が散り敷かれていた。

Word by Word

• अशीर्वादान्: blessings
• अशीर्वादान्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आशीर्वाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• बहून्: many
• बहून्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (of आशीर्वादान्)

• शृण्वन्: hearing
• शृण्वन्: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त (present active participle), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणभावे

• सुहृद्भिः: by friends
• सुहृद्भिः: Kartr (कर्ता/Agent of ‘samudīritān’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुहृद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• समुदीरितान्: uttered/spoken
• समुदीरितान्: Karma-anvaya (कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-उद्-ईर् (धातु) → समुदीरित (कृदन्त)
• Form: कर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP), पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (of आशीर्वादान्)

• यथार्हम्: appropriately
• यथार्हम्: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + अर्ह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमासः; अव्यय (adverb) = ‘as is proper’

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• अपि: also
• अपि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle)

• सम्पूज्य: having honoured
• सम्पूज्य: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having honoured’

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (of नरान्)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• नरान्: men/people
• नरान्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• ययौ: went/proceeded
• ययौ: Kriya (क्रिया/Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Context

The highway (Rama entered) was splendid and spacious with heaps of sandal and agaru of the highest quality, excellent fragrant substances and bundles of white silken cloth. It gleamed with unholed (pristine) pearls, articles made of crystals, flowers of every kind and articles of food of every variety.

Characters & Entities

• royal highway (rājapatha)
• flowers (puṣpa)

FAQs

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

Communal alignment with dharma: public spaces are prepared in an orderly, auspicious manner to honor righteous leadership.

What is the narrative situation?

A repeated/combined verse record continuing the description of the decorated road in Ayodhyā.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Respect for rightful succession and collective reverence expressed through disciplined celebration.