Canto 2: Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa ()Chapter 36: Kaikeyī Forbids the King from Sending Wealth With RāmaText 2.36.12
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Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 36: Kaikeyī Forbids the King from Sending Wealth With Rāma
Text 2.36.12
राज्यं गतजनं साधो पीतमण्डां सुरामिव।
निरास्वाद्यतमं शून्यं भरतो नाभिपत्स्यते॥
rājyaṁ gata-janaṁ sādho pīta-maṇḍāṁ surām iva
nirāsvādyatamaṁ śūnyaṁ bharato nābhipatsyate
rājyam = kingdom; gata-janam = devoid of its people; sādho = O saint; pīta-maṇḍām = an empty; surām = cup; iva = that resembles; nirāsvādyatamam = and most tasteless; śūnyam = an empty; bharataḥ = Bharata; na = not; abhipatsyate = will get.
O saint, Bharata will not get an empty and most tasteless kingdom devoid of its people that resembles an empty cup.1
1].Rāmāyaṇa-bhāva-dīpa: pītaṁ maṇḍaṁ yasyāḥ sā pīta-maṇḍā. surā caṣakam. pāna-sādhana-pātrasthaṁ maṇḍaṁ pītaṁ cet yathā riktaṁ tat pātraṁ na gṛhṇanti evam iti bhāvaḥ. “caṣake ’pi surā kvacit” iti viśvaḥ.
GLOSS. No one [desirous of drinking a liquid] accepts an empty cup.