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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.6.10

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 6: Daśaratha and Ayodhyā’s inhabitants. Daśaratha rules a prosperous and disciplined population, supported by trained warriors, fine horses and powerful elephants

In the sequence: the city is portrayed as an ideal community: its people are content, truthful, prosperous, generous, well-dressed, and attentive to religious duties

1.6.10

nākuṇḍalī nāmukuṭī nāsragvī nālpabhogavān
nāmṛṣṭo nānuliptāṅgo nāsugandhaś ca vidyate

There was found no one without earrings, none without a diadem, none without a garland, none of scanty means, none unanointed, none with unanointed limbs, and none lacking fragrance.

Words: nākuṇḍalī — none without earrings; nāmukuṭī — none without a diadem; nāsragvī — none without a garland; nālpabhogavān — none of scanty means; nāmṛṣṭo — none unanointed, unadorned; nānuliptāṅgo — none with unanointed limbs; nāsugandhaś ca — and none lacking fragrance; vidyate — is found, exists

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.