Shloka 27

Raghunātha’s Entry into the City

Ayodhyā Festival Preparations and Procession

Devanagari script

जय राघवरामेति जय सूर्यकुलांगद । जय दाशरथे देव जयताल्लोकनायकः

Transliteration

jaya rāghavarāmeti jaya sūryakulāṃgada | jaya dāśarathe deva jayatāllokanāyakaḥ

Translation

جَے رाघو رَام! جَے سورج وَنش کے زیور! جَے دَشرتھ کے دیویہ پُتر! جہانوں کے نائک کی سدا جَے ہو۔

Word by Word

• jaya: victory! hail!
• jaya: Sambodhana/udgāra (उद्गार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: jaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Āśīrvāda/udgāra-avyaya (आशीर्वाद/उद्गार-अव्यय) used as acclamation ‘victory!’

• rāghava-rāma: O Rāma, scion of Raghu
• rāghava-rāma: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāghava (प्रातिपदिक) + rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Sambodhana (सम्बोधन) Ekavacana; karmadhāraya ‘Rāma the Rāghava’

• iti: thus
• iti: Vākyārtha-sūcaka (वाक्यार्थ-सूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Quotative particle (इति-निपात)

• jaya: hail!
• jaya: Sambodhana/udgāra (उद्गार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: jaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Acclamation-avyaya

• sūrya-kula-aṃgada: O ornament of the Solar race
• sūrya-kula-aṃgada: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक) + kula (प्रातिपदिक) + aṃgada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Sambodhana Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa ‘ornament (aṃgada) of the Solar dynasty’

• jaya: hail!
• jaya: Sambodhana/udgāra (उद्गार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: jaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Acclamation-avyaya

• dāśarathe: O son of Daśaratha
• dāśarathe: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāśarathi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Sambodhana Ekavacana

• deva: O lord
• deva: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Sambodhana Ekavacana

• jayatāt: may (he) be victorious
• jayatāt: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ji (धातु)
• Form: Loṭ-lakāra (लोट्, benedictive/imperative sense), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Ekavacana; Parasmaipada; āśīr-liṅgārtha ‘may he be victorious’

• loka-nāyakaḥ: the leader of the world
• loka-nāyakaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक) + nāyaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (1 विभक्ति), Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa ‘leader of the world(s)’

Speaker

Unspecified (a devotional acclamation/stotra-style utterance within the narrative context)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: vira

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: city

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: rāghavarāmeti: rāghava-rāma + iti (sandhi: a + i → e). sūryakulāṃgada: sūrya-kula-aṃgada (a + aṃ → āṃ). jayatāllokanāyakaḥ: jayatāt + loka-nāyakaḥ (sandhi: t + l → ll).

Characters & Entities

• Rama
• Raghu (Raghava lineage)
• Surya (Solar dynasty)
• Dasharatha

FAQs

Who is praised in this verse and by which epithets?

The verse praises Lord Rāma, calling him Rāghava Rāma (of the Raghu line), the ornament of the Solar dynasty (sūrya-kulāṅgada), the son of Daśaratha (dāśarathi), and the leader of the worlds (loka-nāyaka).

How does this verse emphasize the path of Bhakti?

It functions as a direct stuti (praise-cry): repeated “jaya” centers the mind on the Lord’s names and attributes, a classic bhakti practice of nāma and kīrtana (devotional invocation).

What ethical or spiritual lesson is implied by calling Rama 'loka-nāyaka'?

Calling Rāma the “leader of the worlds” highlights divine kingship grounded in dharma—ideal leadership that protects, guides, and upholds righteousness as a model for human conduct.