Shloka 18
अयोध्यानगरवर्णनम्
Description of Ayodhya and the Ikshvaku Royal Setting
दुन्दुभीभिर्मृदङ्गैश्च वीणाभि: पणवैस्तथा ।नादितां भृशमत्यर्थं पृथिव्यां तामनुत्तमाम् ।।।।
dundubhībhir mṛdaṅgaiś ca vīṇābhiḥ paṇavais tathā | nāditāṃ bhṛśam atyarthaṃ pṛthivyāṃ tām anuttamām ||
ਦੁੰਦੁਭੀ, ਮ੍ਰਿਦੰਗ, ਵੀਣਾ ਅਤੇ ਪਣਵ ਦੇ ਨਾਦ ਨਾਲ ਉਹ ਬਹੁਤ ਹੀ ਉੱਚੀ ਅਤੇ ਅਤਿਅਧਿਕ ਗੂੰਜਦੀ ਸੀ; ਧਰਤੀ ਉੱਤੇ ਉਹ ਨਗਰੀ ਅਨੁੱਤਮ—ਅਦੁੱਤੀ ਸੀ।
The city echoed with the sounds of trumpets, mrudangas, vinas and panavas. There was no city on earth superior to Ayodhya.
FAQs
A dharmic society supports auspicious arts and public celebration; cultural refinement is portrayed as a sign of ordered and ethical communal life.
The narrator highlights Ayodhyā’s vibrant soundscape and declares its unmatched excellence among earthly cities.
Civic virtue: collective joy and refinement sustained under stable rule.