Shloka 2.102.47

पितृमरणश्रवणं जलक्रिया च (Hearing of Daśaratha’s death and the libation rites at Mandākinī)

Devanagari script

तान्नरान्बाष्पपूर्णाक्षान्समीक्ष्याथ सुदुःखितान्।पर्यष्वजत धर्मज्ञः पितृवन्मातृवच्च सः।।।।

Transliteration

tān narān bāṣpa-pūrṇākṣān samīkṣyātha su-duḥkhitān |

paryaṣvajata dharmajñaḥ pitṛvan mātṛvac ca saḥ ||

Translation

Seeing those people—eyes full of tears and deeply distressed—Rāma, knower of dharma, embraced them as a father would, and as a mother would.

Context

Thereafter, beholding those people deeply afflicted, their eyes full of tears, Rama embraced them as if they were his own father and mother.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• jana (people)

FAQs

What is the core ethical principle (Dharma) in this verse?

Dharma as compassionate guardianship: a righteous leader treats subjects with parental care, responding to suffering with empathy rather than distance.

What is the narrative situation?

Rāma meets the grieving citizens and consoles them physically and emotionally by embracing them.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Karunā (compassion) joined to dharma-jñāna (moral wisdom): he understands duty yet remains tender-hearted.