Shloka 30

The Meeting with Agastya

Rāma Praised by the Gods; Phalaśruti; Ideal Reign; Prelude to Agastya’s Arrival

Devanagari script

सुदेशं सुप्रजं स्वस्थं सुतृणं बहुगोधनम् । देवतायतनानां च राजिभिः परिराजितम्

Transliteration

sudeśaṃ suprajaṃ svasthaṃ sutṛṇaṃ bahugodhanam | devatāyatanānāṃ ca rājibhiḥ parirājitam

Translation

Земля благих областей — богатая достойными подданными и здравием, изобильная сочной травой и скотным богатством, — сияющая рядами святилищ богов.

Word by Word

• सु-देशम्: having a good land/region
• सु-देशम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (अव्यय/उपसर्गवत्) + देश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative Singular; कर्मधारयः—‘सुन्दरः देशः’

• सु-प्रजम्: with good subjects
• सु-प्रजम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (अव्यय) + प्रजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative Singular; कर्मधारयः—‘सुशीलाः/बह्व्यः प्रजाः यस्य’

• स्वस्थम्: healthy/secure
• स्वस्थम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative Singular

• सु-तृणम्: rich in good grass
• सु-तृणम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (अव्यय) + तृण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative Singular; कर्मधारयः—‘सुन्दरं/बहु तृणं यस्मिन्’

• बहु-गोधनम्: with much cattle-wealth
• बहु-गोधनम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक) + गोधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative Singular; कर्मधारयः—‘बहु गोधनं यस्य’

• देवता-आयतनानाम्: of temples (abodes) of deities
• देवता-आयतनानाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता (प्रातिपदिक) + आयतन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Genitive (6th; षष्ठी), Plural; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘देवतानाम् आयतनानि’

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)

• राजिभिः: by rows/lines (of ornaments/structures)
• राजिभिः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental (3rd; तृतीया), Plural

• परिराजितम्: adorned, splendidly shining
• परिराजितम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि-राज् (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative Singular; agrees with (राज्यम्) understood

Speaker

Unspecified in the provided excerpt (context needed from surrounding verses; commonly a narrator continuing a dialogue in the Pātāla-khaṇḍa).

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: region

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: देवतायतनानां = देवता + आयतनानाम् (आ+आ → आ).

FAQs

What is the verse describing—an ideal kingdom or a sacred region?

It describes an exemplary land marked by social well-being (good people/subjects), natural abundance (grass and cattle wealth), and visible religiosity (rows of deity shrines), fitting both an ideal kingdom and a sanctified region.

Why are cattle and grass emphasized together in this verse?

Grass (fodder) and cattle-wealth are paired as practical markers of agrarian prosperity and stability; abundant fodder supports cattle, and cattle signify wealth, sustenance, and ritual economy.

What ethical or cultural ideal is implied by ‘rows of shrines of the gods’?

The verse implies that public devotion and temple culture are integral to a flourishing society—material prosperity is presented alongside, not separate from, religious institutions and sacred spaces.