Shloka 2.41.20

अयोध्यायाः शोकप्रकम्पः (Ayodhya’s Tremor of Grief and Omens)

Devanagari script

ये तु रामस्य सुहृद स्सर्वे ते मूढचेतसः।शोकभारेण चाक्रान्ता श्शयनं न जहुस्तदा।।2.41.20।।

Transliteration

ye tu rāmasya suhṛdaḥ sarve te mūḍhacetasaḥ | śokabhāreṇa cākrāntāḥ śayanaṃ na jahus tadā || 2.41.20 ||

Translation

And all those who were Rama’s friends, their minds bewildered and crushed by the weight of sorrow, did not rise from their beds at that time.

Context

All the friends of Rama were stupefied. Afflicted with the burden of sorrow they did not leave their bed.

Characters & Entities

• Rama
• Rama’s friends (suhṛd)

FAQs

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

It highlights suhṛt-dharma (the ethic of loyal friendship): true friends are inwardly shaken by a righteous person’s suffering and cannot remain unaffected.

What is the narrative situation?

Rama’s close companions in Ayodhya are so grief-stricken by his exile that they remain bedridden, stunned and inert.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

The friends’ fidelity and emotional integrity—genuine attachment to virtue expresses itself as sincere sorrow, not indifference.