Valmiki Ramayana 2.6.28: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 6, Shloka 28
रामाभिषेकपूर्वसज्जा · Preparations for Rama’s Coronation
ततस्तदिन्द्रक्षयसन्निभं पुरं दिदृक्षुभिर्जानपदैरुपागतैः ।
समन्तत स्सस्वनमाकुलं बभौ समुद्रयादोभिरिवार्णवोदकम् ॥२८॥
tatas tad indrakṣayasannibhaṃ puraṃ didṛkṣubhir jānapadair upāgataiḥ |
samantataḥ sasvanam ākulaṃ babhau samudrayādobhir ivārṇavodakam ||28||
そのとき、インドラの宮殿にも似たその都は、見んと願う国人たちが集い、四方にわたり混み合いざわめいた。海の生き物に満ちてきらめく大海原の水のようであった。
The city (of Ayodhya), resembling the abode of Indra, (Amaravati) crowded with villagers from all over wishing to witness it (the coronation of Rama), grew noisy and sparkled like the water of the ocean teeming with aquatic animals.ityārṣē śrīmadrāmāyaṇē vālmīkīya ādikāvyē ayōdhyākāṇḍē ṣaṣṭhassargaḥ৷৷Thus ends the sixth sarga of Ayodhyakanda of the holy Ramayana, the first epic composed by sage Valmiki.
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Dharma is portrayed as a radiance of righteous governance: when a worthy ruler is to be consecrated, the whole society gathers in harmony and auspicious expectation.
Ayodhyā becomes brilliantly crowded and loud with people arriving from the countryside to witness the consecration, likened to Indra’s city and to the living ocean.
Rāma’s implied ideal kingship—his anticipated rule is so dharmic that it draws the realm together like a single celebratory body.
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