Shloka 21
अयोध्यानगरवर्णनम्
Description of Ayodhya and the Ikshvaku Royal Setting
ये च बाणैर्न विध्यन्ति विविक्तमपरापरम् ।
शब्दवेध्यं च विततं लघुहस्ता विशारदा: ।।1.5.20।।
सिंहव्याघ्रवराहाणां मत्तानां नर्दतां वने ।
हन्तारो निशितैश्शस्त्रैर्बलाद्बाहुबलैरपि ।।1.5.21।।
तादृशानां सहस्रैस्तामभिपूर्णां महारथै: ।
पुरीमावासयामास राजा दशरथस्तदा ।।1.5.22।।
tām agnimadbhir guṇavadbhir āvṛtāṃ dvijottamair vedaṣaḍaṅgapāragaiḥ | sahasradaiḥ satyaratair mahātmabhir maharṣikalpai ṛṣibhiś ca kevalaiḥ ||
အယောဓျာမြို့သည် ဒွိဇအထူးမြတ်သူများဖြင့် ပြည့်နှက်နေ၍ ယဇ్ఞ၏ သန့်ရှင်းသော မီးကို ထိန်းသိမ်းသူ၊ သီလဂုဏ်ပြည့်စုံသူ၊ ဝေဒနှင့် ဝေဒာင်ဂ ခြောက်ပါးကို ကျွမ်းကျင်သူများ ဖြစ်ကြသည်။ သူတို့သည် အလှူကို ထောင်ပေါင်းများစွာ ပေးကမ်းသူ၊ သစ္စာကို ချစ်မြတ်နိုးသူ၊ မဟာစိတ်ရှိသူ၊ မဟာရိရှီတို့ကဲ့သို့ မြင့်မြတ်သူများဖြစ်ပြီး ထူးခြားသန့်ရှင်းသော ရိရှီများလည်း ပါဝင်နေ하였다။
The city was inhabited by thousands of warriors known as maharathas. They were skilled archers and sharphanded. They would not pierce with arrows, solitary persons, persons without defence, fleeing foes who could be tracked down through hints from sound. With sharp arrows or with the strength of their arms, they would kill roaring and inebriated lions, tigers, boars etc. in the forest. It was in that city (of Ayodhya) that king Dasaratha lived.
FAQs
Satya and dharma as social foundations: truthfulness, ritual responsibility, learning, and generosity are presented as the pillars that sustain an ideal kingdom.
The description culminates by praising Ayodhyā’s learned, truthful, and charitable community, closing the sarga’s portrayal of the capital’s excellence.
Truth-devotion (satya-rati) and generosity (dāna), supported by learning and disciplined religious practice.