Valmiki Ramayana 2.114.10: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 114, Shloka 10

अयोध्याप्रवेशः

Bharata Enters Ayodhya and Perceives the City’s Desolation

Devanagari script

प्रभाकराद्यै स्सुस्निग्धैः प्रज्वलद्भिरिवोत्तमैः। वियुक्तां मणिभिर्जात्यैर्नवां मुक्तावलीमिव।।2.114.10।।

Sanskrit recitationValmiki Ramayana 2.114.10

Transliteration

prabhākarādyaiḥ susnigdhaiḥ prajvaladbhir ivottamaiḥ | viyuktāṃ maṇibhir jātyair navāṃ muktāvalīm iva ||

Translation

അയോധ്യ, പുതുതായി നെയ്ത മുത്തുമാലയിൽ നിന്ന് ജാത്യരത്നങ്ങൾ—പ്രഭാകര (മാണിക്യം) മുതലായ ഉത്തമ കല്ലുകൾ, മുമ്പ് മിനുങ്ങിയും ജ്വലിച്ചും നിന്നവ—പിരിഞ്ഞുപോയതുപോലെ തോന്നി.

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Word by Word

• प्रभाकर-आद्यैः: by rubies and other gems
• प्रभाकर-आद्यैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभाकर (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; ‘प्रभाकरः (रक्तमणिः/रुबी) आदिः येषां ते’—rubies and the like

• सु-स्निग्धैः: very lustrous
• सु-स्निग्धैः: Karana-anvayi Visheshana (करण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय-पूर्वपद) + स्निग्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; agrees with ‘मणिभिः’; ‘very glossy’

• प्रज्वलद्भिः: shining
• प्रज्वलद्भिः: Karana-anvayi Visheshana (करण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-√ज्वल् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कृदन्तम्—शतृ; पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; agrees with ‘मणिभिः’; ‘shining’

• इव: as if/like
• इव: Upama-dyotaka (उपमा-द्योतक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमा-सूचक

• उत्तमैः: excellent
• उत्तमैः: Karana-anvayi Visheshana (करण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; agrees with ‘मणिभिः’

• वियुक्ताम्: separated/detached
• वियुक्ताम्: Karma-anvayi Visheshana (कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-युज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त/PPP ‘वियुक्त’; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• मणिभिः: by gems
• मणिभिः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• जात्यैः: of the finest class
• जात्यैः: Karana-anvayi Visheshana (करण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जात्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; ‘of fine/true kind’; agrees with ‘मणिभिः’

• नवाम्: new
• नवाम्: Upamana-anvayi Visheshana (उपमान-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; agrees with ‘मुक्तावलीम्’

• मुक्ता-आवलीम्: a pearl necklace
• मुक्ता-आवलीम्: Upamana (उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ता (प्रातिपदिक) + आवली (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘मुक्तानाम् आवली’—pearl-necklace/string of pearls

• इव: like
• इव: Upama-dyotaka (उपमा-द्योतक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमा-सूचक

Characters & Entities

• Ayodhyā

FAQs

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

The image suggests that when the rightful protectors of dharma are absent, the polity loses its splendour; civic well-being is tied to righteous leadership.

What is the narrative situation?

On Bharata’s return, the narrator depicts Ayodhyā’s diminished state through a simile of a necklace missing its gems.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Implicitly, the value of righteous rulers (like the ‘gems’) whose presence sustains the kingdom’s brilliance.