Ayodrya, The Righteous City Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BB CC BB DD EE FF GG HH II JJ KK LL BB MM NN OO PP QQ LL GG EE RR SS MM SS FF SS AA GG| Rich in royal worth and valour rich in holy Vedic lore | A |
| Dasa ratha ruled his empire in the happy days of yore | A |
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| Loved of men in fair Ayodhya sprung of ancient Solar Race | B |
| Royal rishi in his duty saintly rishi in his grace | B |
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| Great as INDRA in his prowess bounteous as KUVERA kind | C |
| Dauntless deeds subdued his foemen lofty faith subdued his mind | C |
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| Like the ancient monarch Manu father of the human race | B |
| Dasa ratha ruled his people with a father's loving grace | B |
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| Truth and Justice swayed each action and each baser motive quelled | D |
| People's Love and Monarch's Duty every thought and deed impelled | D |
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| And his town like INDRA'S city tower and dome and turret brave | E |
| Rose in proud and peerless beauty on Sarayu's limpid wave | E |
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| Peaceful lived the righteous people rich in wealth in merit high | F |
| Envy dwelt not in their bosoms and their accents shaped no lie | F |
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| Fathers with their happy households owned their cattle corn and gold | G |
| Galling penury and famine in Ayodhya had no hold | G |
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| Neighbours lived in mutual kindness helpful with their ample wealth | H |
| None who begged the wasted refuse none who lived by fraud and stealth | H |
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| And they wore the gem and earring wreath and fragrant sandal paste | I |
| And their arms were decked with bracelets and their necks with nishkas graced | I |
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| Cheat and braggart and deceiver lived not in the ancient town | J |
| Proud despiser of the lowly wore not insults in their frown | J |
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| Poorer fed not on the richer hireling friend upon the great | K |
| None with low and lying accents did upon the proud man wait | K |
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| Men to plighted vows were faithful faithful was each loving wife | L |
| Impure thought and wandering fancy stained not holy wedded life | L |
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| Robed in gold and graceful garments fair in form and fair in face | B |
| Winsome were Ayodhya's daughters rich in wit and woman's grace | B |
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| Twice born men were free from passion lust of gold and impure greed | M |
| Faithful to their Rites and Scriptures truthful in their word and deed | M |
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| Altar blazed in every mansion from each home was bounty given | N |
| 'Stooped no man to fulsome falsehood questioned none the will of Heaven | N |
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| Kshatras bowed to holy Brahmans Vaisyas to the Kshatras bowed | O |
| Toiling Sudras lived by labour of their honest duty proud | O |
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| To the Gods and to the Fathers to each guest in virtue trained | P |
| Rites were done with true devotion as by holy writ ordained | P |
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| Pure each caste in due observance stainless was each ancient rite | Q |
| And the nation thrived and prospered by its old and matchless might | Q |
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| And each man in truth abiding lived a long and peaceful life | L |
| With his sons and with his grandsons with his loved and honoured wife | L |
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| Thus was ruled the ancient city by her monarch true and bold | G |
| As the earth was ruled by Mann in the misty days of old | G |
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| Troops who never turned in battle fierce as fire and strong and brave | E |
| Guarded well her lofty ramparts as the lions guard the cave | E |
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| Steeds like INDRA'S in their swiftness came from far Kamboja's land | R |
| From Vanaya and Vahlika and from Sindhu's rock bound strand | R |
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| Elephants of mighty stature from the Vindhya mountains came | S |
| Or from deep and darksome forests round Himalay's peaks of fame | S |
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| Matchless in their mighty prowess peerless in their wondrous speed | M |
| Nobler than the noble tuskers sprung from high celestial breed | M |
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| Thus Ayodhya 'virgin city ' faithful to her haughty name | S |
| Ruled by righteous Dasa ratha won a world embracing fame | S |
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| Strong barred gates and lofty arches tower and dome and turret high | F |
| Decked the vast and peopled city fair as mansions of the sky | F |
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| Queens of proud and peerless beauty born of houses rich in fame | S |
| Loved of royal Dasa ratha to his happy mansion came | S |
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| Queen Kausalya blessed with virtue true and righteous Rama bore | A |
| Queen Kaikeyi young and beauteous bore him Bharat rich in lore | A |
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| Queen Simitra bore the bright twins Lakshman and Satruglina bold | G |
| Four brave princes served their father in the happy days of old | G |
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