Passage 5

In English

The Glory of

A yodhya was a beautiful flourishing city in the prosperous kingdom of ; it was the capital of the kingdom. Emperor founded this city, and there was none more beautiful. It had spiraling mansions, sprawling markets, and spruced-up gardens. The citizens of took delight in adding fresh beauty to the already beautiful city. The mansions were studded with pearls and precious stones and shone with great splendor. , the emperor, embodied in himself all noble ideals. The people, too, shared the noble virtues of their emperor. The emperor was pure, selfless, egoless and verily the embodiment of peace and love. He regarded the subjects of his kingdom as his own children and lavished great love and affection on them. The subjects of the kingdom, too, had intense faith in as a father figure and were full of joy for their good fortune for having a person of such noble character as their emperor.