Valmiki Ramayana 2.5.14: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 5, Shloka 14

अभिषेकोपवास-आदेशः

Coronation Preparations and the Fast Enjoined

Devanagari script

हृष्टनारीनरयुतं रामवेश्म तदा बभौ ।

यथा मत्तद्विजगणं प्रफुल्लनलिनं सरः ॥१४॥

Recitation with translationValmiki Ramayana 2.5.14

Transliteration

hṛṣṭanārīnarayutaṃ rāmaveśma tadā babhau |

yathā mattadvijagaṇaṃ praphullanalinaṃ saraḥ ||14||

Translation

Wtedy rezydencja Ramy, pełna radujących się mężczyzn i kobiet, jaśniała wspaniale, jak jezioro, w którym w pełni rozkwitają lotosy i gromadzą się stada rozweselonych ptaków.

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Word by Word

• hṛṣṭa-nārī-nara-yutam: filled with joyful women and men
• hṛṣṭa-nārī-nara-yutam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hṛṣṭa (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + nārī (प्रातिपदिक) + nara (प्रातिपदिक) + yuta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (determinative: ‘endowed with cheerful women and men’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of rāma-veśma)

• rāma-veśma: Rāma’s residence
• rāma-veśma: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक) + veśman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘Rāma’s house’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tadā: then
• tadā: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (then)

• babhau: shone/was splendid
• babhau: Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhā (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• yathā: like
• yathā: Upamā (उपमा-सूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमानवाचक-अव्यय (as/like)

• matta-dvija-gaṇam: with flocks of intoxicated birds
• matta-dvija-gaṇam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: matta (प्रातिपदिक) + dvija (प्रातिपदिक) + gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (‘intoxicated-bird-flock’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (implicit of saraḥ)

• praphulla-nalinam: with fully bloomed lotuses
• praphulla-nalinam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: praphulla (प्रातिपदिक) + nalina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (‘fully-bloomed lotuses’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of saraḥ)

• saraḥ: a lake
• saraḥ: Upamāna (उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Context

The residence of Rama, full of cheerful men and women, looked splendid like a lake with full-blown lotuses flocked by multitudes of intoxicated birds.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma

FAQs

What is the core ethical principle (Dharma) in this verse?

Dharma here is communal harmony: righteous leadership generates shared joy and social flourishing, depicted through auspicious imagery.

What is the narrative situation?

The text describes the festive, radiant atmosphere around Rāma’s residence during the coronation preparations.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Rāma’s auspicious presence—his very household becomes a center of delight and order.