Valmiki Ramayana 2.67.1: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 67, Shloka 1
अयोध्यायां शोक-रात्रिः तथा अराजक-राष्ट्रस्य नीतिविचारः
The Night of Lamentation in Ayodhya and the Political Ethics of a Kingless Realm
आक्रन्दितनिरानन्दा सास्रकण्ठजनाकुला।अयोध्यायामवतता सा व्यतीयाय शर्वरी।।।।
ākranditanirānandā sāsrakaṇṭhajanākulā | ayodhyāyām avatatā sā vyatīyāya śarvarī ||
En Ayodhyā, sin alegría por el llanto y atestada de gente con la garganta ahogada en lágrimas, aquella noche se alargó sin fin y al fin pasó.
The night stretched interminably in Ayodhya, which was filled with sobbing people rendered cheerless by their lamentations.
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When dharma in the royal household is shaken, the entire city shares the burden; the verse shows how moral-political disorder becomes collective suffering.
Ayodhyā spends a night in communal mourning following the upheavals of exile and the king’s death.
Not an individual virtue but civic solidarity: the city grieves together, indicating deep attachment to righteous order.
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