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Shloka 15

अयोध्यावर्णनम्

Description of Ayodhya under Daśaratha

नाषडङ्गविदत्रासीन्नाव्रतो नासहस्रद: ।न दीन: क्षिप्तचित्तो वा व्यथितो वाऽपि कश्चन ।।1.6.15।।

nāṣaḍaṅgavid atrāsīn nāvrato nāsahasradaḥ |

na dīnaḥ kṣiptacitto vā vyathito vāpi kaścana ||1.6.15||

城中无人不通六支吠陀学(Vedāṅga),无人无誓戒,无人不以千数布施;亦无人贫困、心神散乱,或受苦恼所逼。

nanot
na:
Sambandha (negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNiṣedha-nipāta
a-ṣaḍaṅgavitone not versed in the six Vedāṅgas
a-ṣaḍaṅgavit:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Roota- (नञ्) + ṣaḍaṅgavit (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa ‘knower of six limbs (vedāṅgas)’; with nañ: ‘not a knower of the six vedāṅgas’
atrahere (in that city)
atra:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatra (अव्यय)
FormDeśa-avyaya (place adverb/देश)
āsītexisted
āsīt:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicate)
TypeVerb
Root√as (अस्) (धातु)
FormLaṅ-lakāra, Prathama-puruṣa, Ekavacana; Parasmaipada
nanor
na:
Sambandha (negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNiṣedha-nipāta
avrataḥone without religious vows
avrataḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeAdjective
Roota- (नञ्) + vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā Ekavacana; ‘without vows’
nanor
na:
Sambandha (negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNiṣedha-nipāta
asahasradaḥone who does not donate in thousands
asahasradaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeAdjective
Roota- (नञ्) + sahasrada (प्रातिपदik)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā Ekavacana; ‘not giving by thousands’
nanor
na:
Sambandha (negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNiṣedha-nipāta
dīnaḥdistressed
dīnaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootdīna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā Ekavacana
kṣipta-cittaḥagitated-minded
kṣipta-cittaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootkṣipta (√kṣip, क्त) + citta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā Ekavacana; bahuvrīhi (क्षिप्तं चित्तं यस्य)
or
:
Sambandha (connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvā (अव्यय)
FormVikalpa-nipāta
vyathitaḥafflicted / vexed
vyathitaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootvyathita (प्रातिपदिक; √vyath धातु, क्त)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā Ekavacana; kta (PPP)
or
:
Sambandha (connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvā (अव्यय)
FormVikalpa-nipāta
apieven
api:
Sambandha (particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
FormParticle ‘even’
kaścanaanyone whatsoever
kaścana:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootkaścana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā Ekavacana; indefinite pronoun ‘anyone at all’

There was no brahmin who was not well versed in the Vedangas or who did not perform religious vows. There was not even one who would not donate in thousands. There was no one distracted or depressed.

A
Ayodhyā
V
Vedāṅgas

FAQs

Dharma integrates learning, observance, and generosity; when these flourish, social suffering and mental agitation diminish.

The narrator continues listing features of Ayodhyā’s ideal culture: scholarship, vows, large-scale giving, and absence of distress.

Śāstra-knowledge and dāna (giving) as markers of a stable, dharmic community.