Shloka 4.30.57

शरत्प्रवेशे रामविलापः तथा सुग्रीवप्रमादे लक्ष्मणप्रेषणम् (Autumn’s Onset: Rama’s Lament and Lakshmana Sent to Sugriva)

Devanagari script

लोकं सुवृष्ट्या परितोषयित्वानदीस्तटाकानि च पूरयित्वा।निष्पन्नसस्यां वसुधां च कृत्वात्यक्त्वा नभस्तोयधराः प्रणष्टाः।।

Transliteration

lokaṃ su-vṛṣṭyā paritoṣayitvā nadīs taṭākāni ca pūrayitvā | niṣpanna-sasyāṃ vasudhāṃ ca kṛtvā tyaktvā nabhas toyadharāḥ praṇaṣṭāḥ ||

Translation

After satisfying the world with good rains, filling rivers and tanks, and making the earth rich with mature crops, the cloud-bearers have left the sky and vanished.

Context

'Having showered heavy rains, and filling tanks and rivers, and producing bumper crops on the earth the clouds have disapeared.

Characters & Entities

• Rama
• Lakshmana
• toyadharāḥ (clouds)
• rivers
• tanks/ponds
• earth

FAQs

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

Dharma is fulfilling one’s role and departing without clinging: like clouds that give and move on, righteous action is timely, beneficial, and non-possessive.

What is the narrative situation?

Rama notes the monsoon has completed its work—waters are filled and crops grown—so clouds disappear and autumn begins.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Rama’s gratitude and realism—he recognizes completion of a cycle and accepts change as truthful and natural.