Sarga 5: City of Ayodhya

Ayodhya Nagari

The ideal city — dharmic civilization, layout, prosperity.

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Shloka 5.22Word-by-word available

तादृशानां सहस्रैस्तामभिपूर्णां महारथै: । पुरीमावासयामास राजा दशरथस्तदा ।।1.5.22।।

Meaning

With thousands of such great chariot-warriors filling it, this was the city where King Dasaratha made his home.

Shloka 5.23Word-by-word available

तामग्निमद्भिर्गुणवद्भिरावृतां द्विजोत्तमैर्वेदषडङ्गपारगै: । सहस्रदैस्सत्यरतैर्महात्मभि र्महर्षिकल्पै ऋषिभिश्च केवलै: ।।1.5.23।।

Meaning

That city was also filled with excellent brahmins tending the sacrificial fire, versed in the Vedas and their six ancillary sciences, generous, truthful, and dignified — the equals of great sages.