A Thousand Sheshas Cannot Describe the Happiness of Ayodhya
Uttara Kanda, Doha 26
Doha 26 · Movement 2 of 2
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King Rama is seated in Ayodhya, and happiness has become the atmosphere in which the city's people live. Prosperity fills their homes, while gatherings deepen the joy of sharing a common life beneath his rule.
The scene exceeds the capacity of ordinary praise. Even a thousand Sheshas, each bearing the power of sacred speech, could not finish telling the wealth of well-being gathered there.
The impossibility is not caused by gold alone. The abundance includes affection, safety, righteous order, family nearness, devotion, and the unmeasured happiness of seeing Rama upon the throne. Each blessing opens into another before language can close around it. Ayodhya is indescribable because its joy is not an object that can be counted. It is the living radiance of the king's presence moving through every relation.
Even a thousand sacred tongues fall silent before the happiness created by Rama simply being present as Ayodhya's king.
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अवधपुरी बासिन्ह कर सुख संपदा समाज। सहस सेष नहिं कहि सकहिं जहँ नृप राम बिराज।।26।।
The happiness and prosperity of the people of Ayodhya, their gatherings and celebrations, cannot be told even by a thousand Sheshas. Such is life where King Rama reigns.