Valmiki Ramayana 2.80.6: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 80, Shloka 6
मर्गनिर्माणम्
Roadworks and the Royal Route Prepared for Bharata
लतावल्ली श्च गुल्मांश्च स्थाणूनश्मन एव च ।
जनायांचक्रिरे मार्गं छिन्दन्तो विविधान्द्रुमान् ॥६॥
latāvallīś ca gulmāṃś ca sthāṇūn aśmana eva ca |
janāyāṃ cakrire mārgaṃ chindanto vividhān drumān ||6||
蔓草や茂みを刈り、切り株や岩までも取り除き、さまざまな木々を伐り倒して、王の人々は民のために澄みわたる道を開いた。
Clearing and cutting branches of various trees and creepers, shrubs, plants branchless trees and hewing boulders, the road was paved by the king's men.
FAQs
Service-oriented dharma: removing obstacles so others may travel safely mirrors the moral duty to reduce harm and enable the community’s well-being.
Workers physically clear the route—vegetation, stumps, stones, and trees—to make a usable road.
Diligence and seva (service): hard, practical labor undertaken for the benefit of the wider populace.
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