Ramayana — Bala Kanda, Sarga 6, Shloka 8
अयोध्यावर्णनम्
Description of Ayodhya under Daśaratha
कामी वा न कदर्यो वा नृशंस: पुरुष: क्वचित् ।द्रष्टुं शक्यमयोध्यायान्नाविद्वान्न च नास्तिक: ।।1.6.8।।
kāmī vā na kadaryo vā nṛśaṃsaḥ puruṣaḥ kvacit |
draṣṭuṃ śakyam ayodhyāyāṃ nāvidvān na ca nāstikaḥ ||1.6.8||
Tại Ayodhyā, không thể thấy đâu một kẻ bị dục vọng chi phối, hay kẻ keo kiệt, hay người tàn nhẫn; cũng không có ai vô học, cũng chẳng có kẻ vô thần.
The lustful, the miserly, the unscholarly and atheists were not to be seen anywhere in the city of Ayodhya.
FAQs
A dharmic community restrains destructive impulses (lust, greed, cruelty) and supports learning and faith in moral order—creating a culture where vice is socially absent or marginal.
The narrator idealizes Ayodhyā by listing moral failings that were not found there.
Self-restraint and moral education at a societal level—citizenship shaped by discipline rather than appetite.