Shloka 81
समुद्रतट-प्रयाणम् तथा वेलावन-निवेशः
March to the Seacoast and Encampment at the Shore
गिरिप्रस्थेषु रम्येषु सर्वत सम्प्र पुष्पिताः । केतकस्सिन्दुवाराश्च वासन्त्यश्च मनोरमाः ।।6.4.79।। माधव्यो गन्धपूर्णाश्च कुन्दगुल्माश्च पुष्पिताः ।चिरिबिल्वा मधूकाश्च वञ्जुला प्रियकास्तथा ।।6.4.80।।सुफूर्जकास्तिलकाश्चैव नागवृक्षाश्च पुष्पिताः ।चूताः पाटलयकाश्चैव कोविदाराश्च पुष्पिताः ।।6.4.81।। मुचुलिन्दार्जुनाश्चैव शिंशुपाः कुटजास्तथा । धवा श्शाल्मलयश्चैव रक्ता: कुरवकास्तथा ।।6.4.82।। हिन्तालास्तिनिशाश्चैव चूर्णका नीपकास्तथा ।नीलाशोकाश्च वरणा अङ्कोलाः पद्मकास्तथा ।।6.4.83।। प्लवमानै: प्लवंगैस्तु सर्वे पर्याकुलीकृतां ।।6.4.84।।
suphūrjakās tilakāś caiva nāgavṛkṣāś ca puṣpitāḥ |
cūtāḥ pāṭalayakāś caiva kovidārāś ca puṣpitāḥ ||6.4.81||
บนไหล่เขาอันงดงามนั้น ต้นสุภูรชกะและต้นติลกะ รวมทั้งต้นนาคะ ต่างยืนเด่นบานเต็มที่ และต้นมะม่วง ต้นปาฏลา กับต้นโกวิทาระ ก็ล้วนผลิดอกพร้อมกัน
In the mountain ranges were well blossomed trees such as Kethaka, Sinduvaara and Mango trees Manorama, Madhavi, Kunda, Gulma creepers filled with blossoms of fragrance Chiribilva, Madhuka like wild trees,Vajula,Vakula ,Ranjaka, Tilaka,Kuruvaka, Naga trees Patalaya trees trees with red flowers Arjuna, Simsupa trees with white flowers Kutaja, Dhava and Salmala, Red Kurana, Hinthala,Tinisa,and Churanaka trees, so also dark flowered Asoka trees, Pine trees, Ankola and Padmaka trees were convenient for the monkeys to shake and jump.
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The verse supports Dharma indirectly by portraying an ordered, flourishing natural world—an auspicious setting that frames righteous action. In the Ramayana, harmony in nature often mirrors the moral order (dharma) that the protagonists seek to restore.
As the forces move through mountainous terrain in Yuddhakāṇḍa, the poet describes the landscape—trees and creepers in abundant bloom—before shifting to the vānaras’ activities in the surrounding verses.
Not a direct virtue statement, but it reinforces steadiness and auspicious momentum for the righteous campaign—suggesting confidence and moral clarity as the army proceeds.