Shloka 26
कुशनाभकन्याशतविवाहः — The Marriage of Kuśanābha’s Hundred Daughters
and the Birth of Brahmadatta
सोमदाऽपि सुसंहृष्टा पुत्रस्य सदृशीं क्रियाम्।यथान्यायं च गन्धर्वी स्नुषास्ता: प्रत्यनन्दत।।1.33.26।।
somadāpi susaṁhṛṣṭā putrasya sadṛśīṁ kriyām | yathānyāyaṁ ca gandharvī snuṣās tāḥ pratyanandata || 1.33.26 ||
នាងសោមដា ស្ត្រីគន្ធព្វ ក៏មានចិត្តរីករាយយ៉ាងខ្លាំង។ ដោយបានឃើញកិរិយារបស់កូនប្រុសដែលសមគួរនឹងគាត់ នាងបានសរសើរចំពោះកូនប្រសារស្រីទាំងឡាយនោះតាមធម៌ និងតាមប្រពៃណីយ៉ាងសមរម្យ។
Somada the gandharvi was exeedingly delighted with her daughters-in-law and praised her son for his right action.ityārṣē śrīmadrāmāyaṇē vālmīkīya ādikāvyē bālakāṇḍēṇḍē trayastriṅśassarga:৷৷Thus ends the thirtythird sarga of Balakanda of the holy Ramayana the first epic composed by sage Valmiki.
FAQs
Dharma here is expressed as approving and honoring conduct that is ‘sadṛśa’—appropriate to one’s role and responsibility—along with giving praise ‘yathānyāyam,’ in accordance with propriety rather than impulse.
After the marriage arrangements following the episode of Kūśanābha’s daughters and their moral steadfastness, Somadā (connected to the groom’s side) expresses delight and formally approves the daughters-in-law and her son’s fitting action.
Propriety and discernment (acting suitably to one’s station), along with righteous appreciation—praising good conduct in a measured, lawful, and socially ethical way.