आसिक्तमार्गां गन्धोदै: करिणां मदशीकरै: । स्वामिनं प्राप्तमालोक्य मत्तां वा सुतरामिव ॥ २६ ॥
asikta-margam gandhodaih karinam mada-sikaraih svaminam praptam alokya mattam va sutaram iva
- asikta-margam
- the streets were sprinkled
- gandha-udaih
- with perfumed water
- karinam
- of elephants
- mada-sikaraih
- with particles of perfumed liquor
- svaminam
- the master or proprietor
- praptam
- present
- alokya
- seeing personally
- mattam
- very opulent
- va
- either
- sutaram
- highly
- iva
- as if.
During the reign of Lord Ramacandra, the streets of the capital, Ayodhya, were sprinkled with perfumed water and drops of perfumed liquor, thrown about by elephants from their trunks. When the citizens saw the Lord personally supervising the affairs of the city in such opulence, they appreciated this opulence very much.