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Shloka 2.50.6

गङ्गादर्शनम् तथा गुहसमागमः (Vision of the Gaṅgā and Meeting with Guha)

तेऽभिवाद्य महात्मानं कृत्वा चापि प्रदक्षिणम्।विलपन्तो नरा घोरं व्यतिष्ठन्त क्वचित् क्वचित्।।2.50.6।।

te ’bhivādya mahātmānaṃ kṛtvā cāpi pradakṣiṇam |

vilapanto narā ghoraṃ vyatiṣṭhanta kvacit kvacit || 2.50.6 ||

Having saluted the great-souled one and circumambulated him in pradakṣiṇa, the men—lamenting bitterly—stood about here and there.

All of them paid their homage by circumambulating the high-souled Rama. Cryingbitterly, they stood here and there.

R
Rama (mahātmā)
P
people/men (narāḥ)
P
pradakṣiṇā (circumambulation)

Dharma is expressed as reverence to the righteous: honoring Rama through salutation and pradakṣiṇā, even amid sorrow.

Those present pay respects to Rama and, overwhelmed with grief, remain standing around, lamenting.

Bhakti (devotional reverence) and loyalty to virtue.