THE VALMIKI RAMAYANA

BALA KANDA

x¿:   sgI:     CANTO 6(Contd)
dSrTÞy   raÇyp¢rpalnm¯
The  reign   of   king   Dasaratha
nam¦¾BaEj£   nadata   naÔynÄñd¢nÝkD¦k   .
nahÞtaBrNaE   va{¢p   ÜytE   naÔynaÏmvan¯   ¡11¡

not

Am¦¾BaEj£

not eating to his fill

Adata

nongiver

A¢p

also

AnÄñd:

sans shoulder rings

A¢nÝkD¦k

flower garlands

AhÞtaBrN:

not having ornaments for the arms

A¢p

also

ÜytE

is seen

nowhere

A¢p

also

AnaÏmvan¯

not controlling one's senses

There   was   none   to   be   spotted   there   who   did   not   eat   to   his   fill,make   liberal charities,   wear   amulets,   necklaces   and   bangles   and   not     having   controlled his   senses   (11).
nana¢hta¢g"naIyÇva   n   X¤d#aE   va   n   tÞkr:   .
k¢àdas£dyaEÒyaya|   n   c   ¢nv¦IäOsÄðr:   ¡12¡

Ana¢hta¢g":

nonworshipper of the fire

not

AyÇva

one who did not perform sacrifice

not

X¤d#:

mean

not

tÞkr:

robber

k¢àt¯

no one

Aas£t¯

was there

AyaEÒyaya|

in Ayodhya

not

and

¢nv¦IäOsÄðr:

one who married out of caste

Not   a   single   one   was   there   in   Ayodhya   who   did   not   perform   sacrifice   daily.There   was   no   one   who   did   not   perform   rituals.   There   was   no   mean   person. Neither   was   there   a   criminal.   None   existed   who   courted   marital   alliance outside   enjoined   injunctions   (12).
ÞvkmI¢nrta   ¢nÏy|   b#a'Na   ¢v¢jtE¢Ód#ya:   .
danaÒyynS£laà   s|ytaà   p#¢tg#hE   ¡13¡

ÞvkmI¢nrta:

devoted to performing their ordained duty in a

dedicated manner

¢nÏy|

always

b#a'Na:

Brahmins

¢v¢jtE¢Ód#ya:

having senses under their control

dan

(in giving) gifts

AÒyyn

study of scriptures

S£la:

habituated to

and also

s|yta:

contented

moreover

p#¢tg#hE

(in receiving) gifts

The   priestly   class   were   always   engrossed   in   their   duties,   suppressors   of their   senses,   habitually   given   to   the   study   of   scriptures   and   making   gifts and   contented   in   receiving   gifts   (13).

n   na¢ÞtkaE   nan¦tkaE   n   k¢àdbh^½¤t:   .
nas¥ykaE   n   caS³aE   na¢v¹an¯   ¢vïtE   tda   ¡14¡

not

na¢Þtk:

atheist

not

An¦tk:

one who tells lies

not

k¢àt¯

not even one

Abh^½¤t:

not highly knowledgeable in the shastras

not

As¥yk:

jealous

not

and

AS³:

powerless

not

A¢v¹an¯

ignorant

¢vïtE

is there

tda

then

At   that   time,there   was   no   non-believer   in   God;   no   utterer   of   untruth,   none unacquainted   with   the   many   branches   of   knowledge,   none   with   jealousy,   none weak   and   no   one   who   was   not   well-informed   (14).
naxfÄñ¢vdæOas£°av#taE   nash*d:   .
n   d£n:   ¢XçO¢cäOaE   va   Ûy¢TtaE   na{¢p   kàn   ¡15¡

not

AxfÄñ¢vt¯

not knowing the six limbs of the vedas

AæO

here

Aas£t¯

was

not

Av#t:

not keeping observances

not

Ash*d:

one who does not give away gifts in thousands

not

d£n:

pitiable state

¢XçO¢cäO:

is confounded in mind

Ûy¢Tt:

one who suffers from illness

not

A¢p

also

kàn

no one

There   was   none   who   was   not   well-versed   in   the   six   limbs   of   the   Vedic   lore, none   without   observance   of   vows,   no   one   who   did   not   give   away   in   charity in   thousands,   nor   was   there   a   single   person   who   was   in   a   pitiable   plight, despondent   or   afflicted   in   mind   or   body   (15).

k¢à°raE   va   nar£   va   na½£ma°aÔyãpvan¯   .
d#¾¤|   SÀymyaEÒyaya|   na¢p   rajÓyB¢³man¯   ¡16¡

k¢àt¯

nr:

man

nar£

woman

not

A½£man¯

without wealth

A¢p

also

Aãpvan¯

not having handsome features

d#¾¤|

to see

SÀy|

possible

AyaEÒyaya|

in Ayodhya

not

A¢p

also

raj¢n

in the king

AB¢³man¯

not devoted

It   was   not   possible   to   come   across   a   single   man   or   woman   who   was   devoid of   prosperity,   none   who   was   not   pleasing   in   appearance   and   no one who did not have unflinching loyalty   to   the   monarch   (16).

vNIÝvg¯yIct¤TIx¤   dEvta¢t¢Tp¥jka:   .
k]tåOaà   vdaÓyaà   S¥ra   ¢v@ms|y¤ta:   ¡17¡

vNIx¤

in the class of people

Ag¯yIct¤TIx¤

of the four important

dEvta

relating to gods

A¢t¢T

relating to guests

p¥jka:

worshippers

k]tåOa:

grateful

and

vdaÓya:

philanthropists

and

S¥ra:

courageous

¢v@ms|y¤ta:

valorous

d£GaIy¤xaE nra: svI DmI| sÏy| c s|¢½ta: .
s¢hta: p¤æOpaWæOWà ¢nÏy| ÞæO£¢B: p¤raEäOmE ¡18¡

d£GaIy¤x:

with long life

nra:

men

svI

all

DmI|

righteous path

sÏy|

truthfulness

and

s|¢½ta:

established in

s¢hta:

along with

p¤æO

with sons

paWæOW:

with grandsons

and

¢nÏy|

always

ÞæO£¢B:

with wives

p¤raEäOmE

in the best of cities

In   that   city   of   eminence,   in   the   four   predominant   classes   of   society,   all men   were   given   to   worship   of   the   gods   and   the   guests,   full   of   the   sense   of gratitude,   greatly   munificent,   valiant,   of   great   physical   power,   established in   truth   and   right   conduct,   long-lived   and   always   living   with   their   women and   children   devoted   to   them   (17-18).
XæO|   b#'m¤K|   cas£¹WÜya:   XæOmn¤v#ta:   .
S¥d#a:   ÞvkmI¢nrtaÞæO£n¯   vNaIn¤pca¢rN:   ¡19¡

XæO|

the warrior class

b#'m¤K|

considered the priestly class important

and

Aas£t¯

there was

vWÜya:

the agrarian and the business class

XæO|

the warrior class

An¤v#ta:

in cooperation with them

S¥d#a:

the serving class

ÞvkmI

their own ordained duties

¢nrta:

were actively engaged in

ÞæO£n¯

the women folk

vNaIn¯

the other (three) classes

upca¢rN:

attended on them

The   warrior-class   held   the   priestly   in   regard,   the   merchant   class   followed the   warrior   and   the   servant   class   helped   the   above   three   and   observed   the mandates   of   the   scriptures   in   discharging   their   duties   (19).

sa   tEnEßvaknaTEn   p¤r£   s¤p¢rr¢Xta   .
yTa   p¤rÞtaÓmn¤na   manvEÓd#EN   D£mta   ¡20¡

that

tEn

by him

ißvaknaTEn

the chief of the Ikshvaku dynasty

p¤r£

that city (Ayodhya)

p¢rr¢Xta

well protected

yTa

in the same way

p¤rÞtat¯

in the distant past

mn¤na

by Manu

manvEÓd#EN

by the master of men

D£mta

the wise

That capital-city was well looked after by that great descendant of theIkshvaku dynasty like when it was ruled by the wise Manu, the master of men in the days of yore (20).
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