रामायण - अयोध्या - स्त्री

स्त्रीणामार्यस्वभावानां परमं दैवतं पतिः ।
नातो विशिष्टं पश्यामि बांधवं विमृशंत्यहम् ॥

- रामायण, अयोध्या

strINAm aaryasvabhAvAnAm paramam daivatam patiH ।
nAto vishiShTam pashyAmi bAndhavam vimRushanti aham ॥

- ramAyaNa, ayodhyA

A wife with good culture will treat her husband no less than God. I have analyzed in many ways. There is no one more intimate to a wife than her husband - not even God.

- Ramayana, Ayodhya

रामायण - अयोध्या - मातारम् अङ्गनाः

सत्यश्चाद्य प्रवादोऽयं लौकिकः प्रतिभाति मा ।
पितृन् समनुजायन्ते नरा मातारमङ्गनाः ॥

- रामायण, अयोध्या

satyaH cha adya pravAdaH ayam laukikaH pratibhAti maa ।
pitRun sama anujAyante narA mAtAram anganAH ॥

- rAmAyaNa, ayodhyA

It is not seeming to be true what people say - Sons will inherit the qualities of the father and daughters that of the mother. (As told by Sumantra to Kaikeyi)

- Ramayana, Ayodhya

रामायण - अयोध्या - शोक

शोको नाशयते धैर्यं शोको नाशयते श्रुतम् ।
शोको नाशयते सर्वं नास्तिं शोकसमो रिपुः ॥

- रामायण, अयोध्या

shoko nAshayate dhairyam shoko nAshayate shrutam ।
shoko nAshayate sarvam nAstim shokasamo ripuH ॥

- rAmAyaNa, ayodhyA

Grief makes you lose courage. It makes you forget what you have learnt. It destroys everything you have. There is no greater enemy than grief.

- Ramayana, Ayodhya

रामायणमञ्जरी - अयोध्या - स्त्री

विभूतिस्त्यागहीनेव सत्यहीनेव भारति ।
विद्या प्रशमहीनेव न भाति स्त्री पतिं विना ॥

- रामायणमञ्जरी, अयोध्या

vibhUtiH tyAgahIna iva satya hIna iva bhArati ।
vidyA prashamahIna iva na bhAti strI patim vinA ॥

- rAmAyaNa manjarI, ayodhyA

Wealth is incomplete if one does not have a charitable mind. Speech is incomplete and useless if it is not truthful. Education is incomplete unless it helps you subdue your emotion. A lady without her husband is similarly incomplete.

- Ramayana Manjari, Ayodhya

रामायण - अयोध्या - आशा

यो हि दत्वा गजश्रेष्टं कक्ष्यायां कुरुते मनः ।
रज्जुस्नेहेन किं तस्य त्यजतः कुंजरोत्तमम् ॥

- रामायण, अयोध्या

yo hi datvA gaja shrEShTam kashyAyAm kurute manaH ।
rajju snehena kim tasya tyajataH kunjarottamam ॥

- rAmAyana, ayodhyA

It is an irony that people set their eyes on the girdle after having let the elephant go. What good is the rope that ties the elephant after giving up on the great elephant has gone?

- Ramayana, Ayodhya

रामायण - अयोध्या - पतिः

नातंत्री वाद्यते वीणा नाचक्रो वर्तते रथः ।
नापतिः सुखमेधेत या स्यादपि शतात्मजा ॥

- रामायण, अयोध्या

na atantrI vAdyate na achakro vartate rathaH ।
na apatiH sukhamedheta yA syAdapi shata AtmajA ॥

- rAmAyaNa, ayodhyA

A veena can not play melodiously without the strings. A chariot can not move without the wheels. A wife can not live happily without her man (after his death) even if she has hundred children.

- Ramayana, Ayodhya

रामायण - अयोध्या - पतिः

न पिता नात्मजो नात्मा न माता न सखीजनः ।
इह प्रेत्य च नारीणां पतिरेको गतिः सदा ॥

- रामायण, अयोध्या

na pitA na Atmajo na AtmA na mAtA na sakhIjanaH ।
iha pretya cha nArINAM patireko gatiH sadA ॥

- rAmAyaNa, ayodhyA

Be it in this world or the afterlife, a lady can only depend on her man for anything - not father, not siblings, not herself, not mother and not her friends.

- Ramayana, Ayodhya

रामायण - अयोध्या - आम्रं छित्वा

आम्रं छित्वा कुठारेण निंबं परिचरेत्तु यः ।
यश्चैवं पयसा संचेन्नैवास्य मधुरो भवेत् ॥

- रामायण, अयोध्य

Amram ChitvA kuThAreNa nimbam paricharet tu yaH ।
yashchaivaM payasA sinchet naiva asya madhuro bhavet ॥

- rAmAyaNa, ayodhyA

One cannot change the innate nature of any being. If you cut down a neighbouring mango tree and treat the neem tree very well by pouring milk at it, it will not become any sweeter.

- Ramayana, Ayodhya

रामायण अयोध्या - काल

अत्येति रजनी यातु सा न प्रनिवर्तते ।
यत्येव यमुना पूर्णा समुद्रं लवणार्णवम् ॥

- रामायण अयोध्या

atyeti rajanI yAtu sA na pratinivartate ।
yAtyeva yamunA pUrNA samudram lavaNArNavam ॥

- rAmAyaNa, ayodhya

Night passes. It never comes back. Yamuna also flows forward towards the sea and becomes one with the sea (salty). It will never come back (it will not become sweet again). Time also passes and never comes back.

- Ramayana, Ayodhya

रामायण - अयोध्या - न सुप्रतिकरं

यन्मातापितरौ वृत्तं तनये कुरुतः सदा ।
न सुप्रतिकरं तत्तु मात्रा पित्रा च यत्कृतम् ॥

- रामायण, अयोध्या

yanmAtA pitarau vRuttam tanaye kurutaH sadA ।
na supratikaraM tattu mAtrA pitrA ca yatkRutaM ॥

- rAmAyaNa, ayodhyA

If one considers the efforts of parents in bringing up a child, then it is fairly obvious that one never be able to repay the debt.

- Ramayana, Ayodhya

रामायण - अयोध्या - मृत्युः

सहैव मृत्युर्व्रजति सह मृत्युर्निषीदति ।
गत्वा सुदीर्घमध्वानं सह मृत्युर्निवर्तते ॥

- रामायण, अयोध्या

sahaiva mRutyuH vrajati saha mRutyuH niShIdati ।
gatvA sudIrgham adhvAnam saha mRutyuH nivartate ॥

- rAmAyaNa, ayodhyA

If you go anywhere, death follows you. If you sit, it will sit next to you. If you go somewhere far, it will come with you. At last, it will take you along with it.

- Ramayana, Ayodhya

रामायण - अयोध्या - अनित्यता

सर्वे क्षयान्ता निचयाः पतनांताः समुच्छ्रयाः ।
संयोगा विप्रयोगांता मरणांतं च जीवितम् ॥

- रामायण, अयोध्या

sarve kShayantA nichayAH patanAntAH samut shrayAH ।
samyogA viprayogAntA maraNAntam cha jIvitam ॥

- rAmAyaNa, ayodhyA

Any accumulated wealth can dissolve in due time. Any position of power attained may come to an end. All the relations (children, wife) come to an end in death. There is nothing in this world that is permanent.

- Ramayana, Ayodhya

रामायण - अयोध्या - अनित्यता

यथा काष्ठं च काष्ठं च समेयातां महार्णवे
    समेत्य च व्यपेयातां कालमासाद्य कञ्चन ।
एवं भार्याश्च पुत्राश्च ज्ञातयश्च धनानि च
    समेत्य व्यवधावन्ति ध्रुवो ह्येषां विना भवः ॥

- रामायण, अयोध्या

yathA kAShTham cha kAShTham cha sameyAtAm mahArNave
sametya cha vyapeyAtAm kAlamAsAdya kanchana ।
evam bhAryAH cha putrAH cha jnAtayaH cha dhanAni cha
sametya vyavadhAvanti dhruvo hyeShAm vinA bhavaH ॥

- rAmAyaNa, ayodhyA

Just like how sticks floating in the sea come together for some time and later drift away, so is man's associations with his kin - wife, son, relatives and wealth. They may seem like it all came running together for you. But you can be certain that you will have to part with them.

- Ramayana, Ayodhya

रामायण - अयोध्या - विनय

भूयो विनयमास्थाय भव नित्यं जितेंद्रियः ।
कामक्रोधसमुत्थानि त्यजेथा व्यसनानि च ॥

- रामायण - अयोध्या

bhUyo vinayamAsthAya bhava nityaM jitendriyaH ।
kAmakrodha samutthAni tyajethA vyasanAni cha ॥

- rAmAyaNa, ayodhyA

You must be humble always. You must control your senses and not become their salves. You must give up all habits that will increase lust and anger in you. (As told by Dasharatha to Sri Rama)

- Ramayana, Ayodhya

रामायण - अयोध्या - जीवितक्षयम्

नन्दंत्युदित आदित्ये नन्दंत्यस्तमिते रवौ ।
आत्मनो नावबुध्यन्ते मनुष्या जीवितक्ष्ययम् ॥

- रामायण, अयोध्या

nandanti udita Aditye nandanti astamite ravau ।
Atmano na avabudhyante manuShyA jIvita kShayam ॥

- rAmAyaNa, ayodhyA

People rejoice at sunrise and sunset. They are not aware of the reduction in their lifetime.

- Ramayana, Ayodhya

रामायण - अयोध्या - जरया पुरुषः

गात्रेषु वलयः प्राप्ताः श्वेताश्चैव शिरोरुहाः ।
जरया पुरुषो जीर्णः किं हि कृत्वा प्रभावयेत् ॥

- रामायण, अयोध्या

gAtreShu valayaH prAptAH shvetAH chaiva shiroruhAH ।
jarayA puruSho jIrNaH kiM kRutvA prabhAvayet ॥

- rAmAyaNa, ayodhyA

Wrinkles all over the body, grey hair on the head, weakness in the body - is there anything that can prevent this happening to anybody?

- Ramayana, Ayodhya

रामायण - अयोध्या - आयुष्य

आत्मानमनुशोच त्वं किमन्यमनुशोचसि ।
आयुस्ते क्षीयते यस्य स्थितस्य च गतस्य च ॥

- रामायण, अयोध्या

AtmAnam anushocha tvam kim anyam anyshochasi ।
AyuH te kShIyate yasya sthitasya ca gatasya ca ॥

- rAmAyaNa, ayodhyA

You should think (and feel sad) for yourself. Why do you grieve for others? Your life that gets eroded everyday irrespective of who stays with you or leaves you.

- Ramayana, Ayodhya

रामायण - अयोध्या - आयुष्य

अहोरात्राणि गच्छन्ति सर्वेषां प्राणिनामिह ।
आयूंषि क्षपयन्त्याशु ग्रीष्मे जलमिवांशवः ॥

- रामायण, अयोध्या

ahorAtrANi gacChanti sarveShAm prANinAm iha ।
AyUmShi kShapayanti Ashu grIShme jalam iva AmshavaH ॥

- rAmAyaNa, ayodhyA

Every being goes through the experience of day and night every day. Just like the sun rays sucks in water during the Greeshma month, the cycle of day and night erode our longevity.

- Ramayana, Ayodhya

रामायण - अयोध्य - पण्डीतः

कच्चित् सहस्रान्मूर्खाणामेकमिच्छसि पण्डीतम् ।
पण्डीतो ह्यर्थकृच्छेषु कुर्यान्निःश्रेयसं महत् ॥

- रामायण, अयोध्य

It is better to hire one wise man than thousands of fools. It is the wise man who will help you when you are in trouble.

- Ramayana, Ayodhya

रामायण - अयोध्या - पितुर्वचन

धर्मो हि परमो लोके धर्मे सत्यं प्रतिष्ठितम् ।
धर्मसंश्रितमेतच्च पितुर्वचनमुत्तमम् ॥

- रामायण, अयोध्या

Nothing is above the Dharma (the moral code of life). There is no greater truth than dharma. Following one's father's advice is hence the first thing to do (given that his advice is according to dharma).

- Ramayana, Ayodhya