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Ayodhya Kanda Sarga 79 Shloka 17
Original Shloka
ऊचुस्ते वचनमिदं निशम्य हृष्टा स्सामात्या स्सपरिषदो वियातशोकाः। पन्थानं नरवर भक्तिमान् जनश्च व्यादिष्टस्तव वचनाच्च शिल्पिवर्गः।।2.79.17।
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Translations & Commentary

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Valmiki Ramayana Dataset

English Translation

इदम् this, वचनम् word, निशम्य having heard, हृष्टाः delighted, सामात्याः with ministers, सपरिषदः with council of members, ते they, वियातशोकाः relieved of their distress, इदं वचनम् these words, ऊचुः uttered, नरवर O best among men, भक्तिमान् devoted man, जनश्च people, शिल्पि वर्गः groups of artisans, तव your, वचनात् from orders, पन्थानम् to prepare the way, व्यादिष्टः have been instructed.

English Commentary

All the ministers and members of the council, relieved of their distress, were delighted to hear these words and said O best among men, on your orders devoted people and groups of artisans have been instructed to lay the road. इत्यार्षे श्रीमद्रामायणे वाल्मीकीय आदिकाव्ये अयोध्याकाण्डे एकोनाशीतितमस्सर्गः।। Thus ends the seventyninth sarga in Ayodhyakanda of the holy Ramayana, the first epic composed by sage Valmiki.