Valmiki Ramayana 2.91.27: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 91, Shloka 27
भरद्वाजाश्रमे भरतसैन्यस्य दिव्यात्मिथ्यम् / Divine Hospitality to Bharata’s Army at Bharadvaja’s Hermitage
स शब्दो द्यां च भूमिं च प्राणिनां श्रवणानि च।विवेशोच्चरितश्श्लक्ष्णस्समो लयसमन्वितः।।।।
sa śabdo dyāṃ ca bhūmiṃ ca prāṇināṃ śravaṇāni ca |
viveśoccāritaḥ ślakṣṇaḥ samo layasamanvitaḥ ||
तो शब्द—उच्चाराने मृदू, स्वरात सम, आणि लययुक्त—आकाश व पृथ्वी व्यापून प्राण्यांच्या कानांत शिरला।
When the celestial sounds pleasing to the ears of men had subsided, the army of Bharata beheld the wonderful creations of Visvakarma.
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Dharma is suggested through auspicious order and harmony: rhythmic, well-modulated sound symbolizes a world aligned with rightness rather than disorder.
During Bharadvāja’s hospitality, wondrous, divine arrangements are manifested; the verse describes the pervading, pleasing sound that accompanies the spectacle.
Not a single character virtue directly; the emphasis is on auspicious harmony (saṃyama/niyama) as a moral-aesthetic atmosphere.
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