Text 27] Lord Ramacandra Rules the World 129

He was not a sleeping monarch, as we can understand from His activities
in sending His brothers to see to affairs outside the capital and punish
anyone who did not obey the emperor’s orders. This is called dig-vijaya.
The citizens were all given facilities for peaceful life, and they were
also qualified with appropriate attributes according to varndsrama. As
we have seen from the previous chapter, varndsrama-gunanvitah: the
citizens were trained according to the varndsrama system. A class of men
were bradhmanas, a class of men were ksatriyas, a class were vaisyas, and
a class were Stidras. Without this scientific division, there can be no ques-
tion of good citizenship. The King, being magnanimous and perfect in
His duty, performed many sacrifices and treated the citizens as His sons,
and the citizens, being trained in the varndsrama system, were obedient
and perfectly ordered. The entire monarchy was so opulent and peaceful
that the government was even able to sprinkle the street with perfumed
water, what to speak of other management. Since the city was sprinkled
with perfumed water, we can simply imagine how opulent it was in other
respects. Why should the citizens not have felt happy during the reign of
Lord Ramacandra?

TEXT 27
x ra 3 c |
Ree: Ta ASA Ml

prasada-gopura-sabha-
caitya-deva-grhadisu

vinyasta-hema-kalasaih
pataka bhis ca manditam

prdasdda —in palaces; gopura—palace gates; sabha —assembly houses;
caitya—raised platforms; deva-grha—temples wherein deities are
worshiped; ddisu—and so on; vinyasta—placed; hema-kalasaih—with
golden waterpots; patadkabhih—by flags; ca—also; manditam—
bedecked.
TRANSLATION
The palaces, the palace gates, the assembly houses, the platforms

for meeting places, the temples and all such places were decorated
with golden waterpots and bedecked with various types of flags.
