Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 45, Shloka 28
अयोध्यावासिजनानुरागः
The People and Brahmins Follow Rama toward Exile
बहूनां वितता यज्ञा द्विजानां य इहागताः।तेषां समाप्तिरायत्ता तव वत्स निवर्तने।।।।
bahūnāṁ vitatā yajñā dvijānāṁ ya ihāgatāḥ | teṣāṁ samāptir āyattā tava vatsa nivartane ||
Many Brahmins who have arrived here have begun their sacrifices; dear child, the completion of those rites now depends upon your returning.
Many of those brahmins who arrived here have commenced their sacrifices. O dear child, their consummation depends on your return.
FAQs
Personal decisions of a leader affect collective dharma: Rama’s presence is treated as sustaining the proper completion of communal rites and obligations.
The Brahmins argue pragmatically and religiously that ongoing sacrifices in Ayodhya will be disrupted unless Rama returns.
Responsibility toward community institutions: valuing the continuity of yajña and social-religious stability.