Valmiki Ramayana 2.114.14: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 114, Shloka 14

अयोध्याप्रवेशः

Bharata Enters Ayodhya and Perceives the City’s Desolation

Devanagari script

क्षीणपानोत्तमैर्भग्नैः शरावैरभिसंवृताम्।

हतशौण्डामिव ध्वस्तांं पानभूमिमसंस्कृताम्।।2.114.14।।

Sanskrit recitationValmiki Ramayana 2.114.14

Transliteration

kṣīṇa-pānottamaiḥ bhagnaiḥ śarāvair abhisaṃvṛtām | hata-śauṇḍām iva dhvastāṃ pāna-bhūmim asaṃskṛtām ||

Translation

อโยธยาดูประหนึ่งสถานที่ดื่มอันสกปรกหลังงานรื่นเริง—สุราชั้นเลิศร่อยหรอหมดสิ้น ภาชนะดินแตกกระจาย และนักดื่มผู้เอะอะอึกทึกประหนึ่งถูกโค่นล้ม เหลือแต่ความพังพินาศ

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Word by Word

• क्षीणपानोत्तमैः: with (vessels) having the best drink exhausted
• क्षीणपानोत्तमैः: Karaṇa (करण) (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षीण + पान + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिके) (समास)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमासः; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (सन्दर्भे शरावैः सह), तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन; ‘with (vessels) whose excellent drink is exhausted’

• भग्नैः: broken
• भग्नैः: Karaṇa (करण) (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भञ्ज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; ‘broken’

• शरावैः: by pitchers/bowls
• शरावैः: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शराव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन

• अभिसंवृताम्: surrounded
• अभिसंवृताम्: Karma (कर्म) (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि + सम् + वृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: उपसर्गपूर्वक क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘surrounded/covered all around’

• हतशौण्डाम्: with drunkards slain (i.e., none left)
• हतशौण्डाम्: Upamāna (उपमान) (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हत + शौण्ड (प्रातिपदिके) (समास)
• Form: तत्पुरुषः; हत (क्त, ‘killed’); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘with drunkards slain/absent’

• इव: like
• इव: Upamā-dyotaka (उपमा-द्योतक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उपमा-सूचक)

• आकाशे: in the open
• आकाशे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आकाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘in the open/under the sky’

• पानभूमिम्: a drinking place
• पानभूमिम्: Upamāna (उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पान + भूमि (प्रातिपदिके) (समास)
• Form: तत्पुरुषः (पानस्य भूमिः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• असंस्कृताम्: uncleansed
• असंस्कृताम्: Upamāna (उपमान) (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ + संस्कृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नञ्-तत्पुरुष/नकारान्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘uncleansed, unprepared’

Context

(Ayodhya looked) like an uncleansed drinking place with broken pitchers emptied of excellent wine scattered around and with drunkards lying dead in the open.

Characters & Entities

• Ayodhyā

FAQs

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

The simile contrasts order and purity with collapse and neglect: when dharma is disturbed, the civic space feels ‘uncleansed,’ reflecting inner and outer disarray.

What is the narrative situation?

The narrator intensifies the portrayal of Ayodhyā’s degradation and despondency through a stark, earthy comparison.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

The implied virtue is self-restraint and social order; their absence is pictured as the aftermath of uncontrolled indulgence.