Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 66, Shloka 4
अयोध्यायां शोकविलापः
Lamentation in Ayodhya after Daśaratha’s death
विहाय मां गतो रामः भर्ता च स्वर्गतो मम।विपथे सार्थहीनेव नाहं जीवितुमुत्सहे।।।।
vihāya māṁ gato rāmaḥ bhartā ca svargato mama | vipathe sārthahīneva nāhaṁ jīvitum utsahe ||
قد مضى راما وتركَني وراءه، ومولاي (داشاراثا) قد صعد إلى السماء. كمن ضلّ طريقه في مفازة بلا رفقة، لم يعد في قلبي عزمٌ على الحياة.
Rama has gone away leaving me. My lord has ascended the heaven, traversing the wrong road. With my well-wishers gone, I do not want to live.
FAQs
The verse frames grief as a crisis of support and orientation: without one’s rightful protectors and companions, life feels like a wrong road. Dharma here appears indirectly—as the moral order whose rupture (exile and bereavement) produces disorientation and despair.
After Daśaratha’s death and Rāma’s departure into exile, Kauśalyā laments her abandonment and helplessness within Ayodhyā.
Kauśalyā’s sincerity and emotional truthfulness—she does not mask the devastation caused by separation and the collapse of royal protection.