Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 48, Shloka 9
अयोध्यायाः शोकवर्णनम्
Ayodhya’s Lament and Civic Desolation
आपगाः कृतपुण्यास्ता पद्मिन्यश्च सरांसि च।येषु स्नास्यति काकुत्स्थो विगाह्य सलिलं शुचि।।2.48.9।।
āpagāḥ kṛtapuṇyās tāḥ padminyaś ca sarāṃsi ca |
yeṣu snāsyati kākutstho vigāhya salilaṃ śuci ||2.48.9||
ସେ ନଦୀମାନେ, ପଦ୍ମଭରା ସରୋବର ଓ ହ୍ରଦମାନେ ନିଶ୍ଚୟ ପୁଣ୍ୟବତୀ; କାରଣ କାକୁତ୍ସ୍ଥ ଶ୍ରୀରାମ ଶୁଚି ଜଳରେ ପ୍ରବେଶ କରି ସେଠାରେ ସ୍ନାନ କରିବେ।
The rivers and the lotus-pools have done some meritorious acts in the past as a result of which Rama having plunged into their holy waters will make his ablution.
FAQs
The verse reflects the dhārmic idea that contact with a supremely righteous person sanctifies the world; nature itself is seen as ‘meritorious’ for receiving Rāma.
Ayodhyā’s mourners imagine Rāma’s forest journey and praise the waters that will be graced by his bathing.
Rāma’s purity and sanctifying presence are emphasized—his conduct makes even ordinary waters ‘holy’ in the eyes of devotees.