Valmiki Ramayana 2.6.28: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 6, Shloka 28

रामाभिषेकपूर्वसज्जा · Preparations for Rama’s Coronation

Devanagari script

ततस्तदिन्द्रक्षयसन्निभं पुरं दिदृक्षुभिर्जानपदैरुपागतैः ।

समन्तत स्सस्वनमाकुलं बभौ समुद्रयादोभिरिवार्णवोदकम् ॥२८॥

Recitation with translationValmiki Ramayana 2.6.28

Transliteration

tatas tad indrakṣayasannibhaṃ puraṃ didṛkṣubhir jānapadair upāgataiḥ |

samantataḥ sasvanam ākulaṃ babhau samudrayādobhir ivārṇavodakam ||28||

Translation

Então aquela cidade, semelhante à morada de Indra, ficou por todos os lados apinhada e ruidosa com os habitantes do interior que vieram desejosos de ver; e resplandecia como a água do oceano, viva de criaturas marinhas.

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Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): ‘then/thereupon’

• तत्: that
• तत्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण of पुरम्

• इन्द्रक्षयसन्निभम्: resembling Indra's abode
• इन्द्रक्षयसन्निभम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इन्द्र-क्षय-सन्निभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः: इन्द्रस्य क्षयः (नन्दनादि-निवासः) तेन सन्निभम् ‘resembling Indra’s abode’

• पुरम्: the city
• पुरम्: Karma (कर्म) (subject-complement with बभौ: ‘the city appeared’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• दिदृक्षुभिः: by those wishing to see
• दिदृक्षुभिः: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: सन् (desiderative) + उ (उणादि) / इच्छार्थक कृदन्त; तृतीया, बहुवचन; ‘by those wishing to see’

• जानपदैः: by villagers
• जानपदैः: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जानपद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; ‘by country people’

• उपागतैः: having arrived
• उपागतैः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उप-गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; ‘having arrived’ (qualifies जानपदैः)

• समन्ततः: on all sides
• समन्ततः: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (देश-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): ‘on all sides’

• सस्वनम्: resounding
• सस्वनम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-स्वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः: स्वनः अस्य अस्ति ‘with sound/noisy’; qualifies पुरम्

• आकुलम्: crowded, tumultuous
• आकुलम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आकुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण of पुरम्

• बभौ: appeared, shone
• बभौ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भा (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; ‘shone/appeared’

• समुद्रयादोभिः: with sea-creatures
• समुद्रयादोभिः: Karaṇa (करण) (in simile)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र-यादस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (यादस्), तृतीया, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः: समुद्रस्य यादांसि ‘sea-creatures’

• इव: like
• इव: Upamāna-dyotaka (उपमान-द्योतक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (simile particle)

• अर्णवोदकम्: ocean water
• अर्णवोदकम्: Upamāna (उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्णव-उदक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः: अर्णवस्य उदकम् ‘ocean-water’ (upamāna)

Context

The city (of Ayodhya), resembling the abode of Indra, (Amaravati) crowded with villagers from all over wishing to witness it (the coronation of Rama), grew noisy and sparkled like the water of the ocean teeming with aquatic animals.ityārṣē śrīmadrāmāyaṇē vālmīkīya ādikāvyē ayōdhyākāṇḍē ṣaṣṭhassargaḥ৷৷Thus ends the sixth sarga of Ayodhyakanda of the holy Ramayana, the first epic composed by sage Valmiki.

Characters & Entities

• Ayodhyā (city, implicit)
• Indra
• ocean (arṇava/samudra)
• jānapada (countryfolk)

FAQs

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

Dharma is portrayed as a radiance of righteous governance: when a worthy ruler is to be consecrated, the whole society gathers in harmony and auspicious expectation.

What is the narrative situation?

Ayodhyā becomes brilliantly crowded and loud with people arriving from the countryside to witness the consecration, likened to Indra’s city and to the living ocean.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Rāma’s implied ideal kingship—his anticipated rule is so dharmic that it draws the realm together like a single celebratory body.