Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 25, Shloka 35
वालिनः और्ध्वदैहिकम्
Vali’s Funeral Rites and the Consolation of the Bereaved
तासां रुदितशब्देन वानरीणां वनान्तरे।वनानि गिरयश्चैव विक्रोशन्तीव सर्वतः4.25.35।।
tāsāṁ ruditaśabdena vānarīṇāṁ vanāntare |
vanāni girayaś caiva vikrośantīva sarvataḥ || 4.25.35 ||
By the sound of the female monkeys’ weeping in the forest depths, the woods and even the mountains on all sides seemed as though they too were crying out.
When the female monkeys were weeping in the midst of the forest, it looked as if the forest and the hills were also mourning.
FAQs
Dharma-sensitive narration universalizes sorrow: the loss of a ruler affects the whole realm, symbolically extending human duty and emotion into the natural world.
The lament is so intense that the landscape is described as echoing it, as if nature participates in mourning.
Depth of feeling and collective mourning—grief shared by the community is portrayed as all-encompassing.