Kalidasa:Raghuvamśa. quoted in Kishore, Kunal (2016). Ayodhyā revisited.
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Ayodhyā, which was having guests and four gates in all the four directions, was shining like the body of four-faced Brahmā, expert in instant creation... Women of Sāketa saluted him with folded hands... He stayed in the sprawling garden of Sāketa... He entered into Ayodhyā full of women who had come to see Sītā... By the order of the king Kuśa guilds of artisans, with their advanced instruments, renovated Ayodhyā, as if clouds, by the order of Indra, made the hot earth green by rain-fall. Ayodhyā looked as beautiful as it was earlier. There the son of Maithilī, i.e. Kuśa attained such happiness that he had no desire left for becoming the master of the paradise and the Alakapuri.

— Kalidasa on Ayodhya

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Ayodhyā, which was having guests and four gates in all the four directions, was shining like the body of four-faced Brahmā, expert in instant creation... Women of Sāketa saluted him with folded hands... He stayed in the sprawling garden of Sāketa... He entered into Ayodhyā full of women who had come to see Sītā... By the order of the king Kuśa guilds of artisans, with their advanced instruments, renovated Ayodhyā, as if clouds, by the order of Indra, made the hot earth green by rain-fall. Ayodhyā looked as beautiful as it was earlier. There the son of Maithilī, i.e. Kuśa attained such happiness that he had no desire left for becoming the master of the paradise and the Alakapuri." in the context of "Kalidasa:Raghuvamśa. quoted in Kishore, Kunal (2016). Ayodhyā revisited." to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Kalidasa

About Kalidasa

Kālidāsa (Sanskrit: कालिदास Kālidāsaकालिदास, "Servant of Kali"; fl. 4th–5th century AD) was a Classical Sanskrit author who is often considered ancient India's greatest poet and playwright. His plays and poetry are primarily based on Hindu Puranas and philosophy. His surviving works consist of three plays, two epic poems and two shorter poems.