Shloka 31
हा राम रामानुज हा हा वैदेहि तपस्विनि।न मां जानीत दुःखेन म्रियमाणतमनाथवत्।।2.59.31।।
hā rāma rāmānuja hā hā vaidehi tapasvini | na māṃ jānīta duḥkhena mriyamāṇam anāthavat || 2.59.31 ||
Weh, Rāma! Weh, Rāmas jüngerer Bruder! Weh, Vaidehī, du leidende Asketin! Ihr wisst nicht, dass ich vor Kummer sterbe wie einer ohne Zuflucht.
Ah Rama, Ah Lakshmana, Ah unfortunate Vaidehi, you do not know that I am dying like an orphan because of my grief.
FAQs
It conveys the dharmic weight of relational responsibility: separation causes a sense of being ‘without refuge,’ highlighting how protection and care within family and kingship are moral duties.
Daśaratha cries out to the absent Rāma, Lakṣmaṇa, and Sītā, saying they do not know he is dying from grief.
Sītā’s endurance (tapasvini) is acknowledged, and the verse foregrounds compassion and vulnerability as human truths within the epic.