Canto 2: Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa ()Chapter 67: The Sages Request Vasiṣṭha to Coronate a son of DaśarathaText 2.67.20
Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 67: The Sages Request Vasiṣṭha to Coronate a son of Daśaratha
Text 2.67.20
नाराजके जनपदे बद्धघण्टा विषाणिनः।
अटन्ति राजमार्गेषु कुञ्जराः षष्टिहायनाः॥
nārājake janapade baddha-ghaṇṭā viṣāṇinaḥ
aṭanti rāja-mārgeṣu kuñjarāḥ ṣaṣṭi-hāyanāḥ
na = do not; arājake = without genuine kings; janapade = in a place; baddha-ghaṇṭāḥ = with bells tied on them; viṣāṇinaḥ = and with beautiful tusks; aṭanti = roam; rāja-mārgeṣu = on the royal roads; kuñjarāḥ = elephants; ṣaṣṭi-hāyanāḥ = sixty year old.
In a place without genuine kings, sixty year old elephants with bells tied on them and with beautiful tusks do not roam on the royal roads.