Valmiki Ramayana 2.71.41: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 71, Shloka 41
भरतस्य अयोध्याप्रत्यागमनम्
Bharata’s Return Journey and the Distant Sight of Ayodhya
देवतार्चाः प्रविद्धाश्च यज्ञगोष्ठ्यस्तथाविधाः।
माल्यापणेषु राजन्ते नाद्य पण्यानि वा तथा।।2.71.41।।
devatārcāḥ praviddhāś ca yajñagoṣṭhyas tathāvidhāḥ | mālyāpaṇeṣu rājante nādya paṇyāni vā tathā ||2.71.41||
देवतांची पूजा-अर्चा थांबली आहे आणि यज्ञासाठी होणाऱ्या तशा गोष्ठीही दिसत नाहीत. माळांच्या बाजारांतही पूर्वीसारखी मालाची झळाळी नाही; आज तशी विक्रीची सामग्री उरलेली नाही.
The offerings to deities have been dispensed with. There are no groups of people performing the usual holy sacrifices. The markets where garlands were sold now stand without them.
FAQs
Dharma is reflected as the steady maintenance of sacred duties and social order; when righteous rule is disturbed, even worship and livelihood lose their regular rhythm.
Bharata arrives near/within Ayodhya and, speaking to his charioteer, notes that normal religious and market activity has ceased—an ominous sign.
Bharata’s sensitivity and moral awareness—he reads the city’s spiritual and civic decline as meaningful and troubling.
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