Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 63, Shloka 5
दशरथस्य शोकानुचिन्तनं शब्धवेधि-दोषस्मरणं च
Daśaratha’s grief, karmic reflection, and the remembered ‘śabdavedhī’ misdeed
स राजा पुत्रशोकार्तः स्मृत्वा दुष्कृतमात्मनः।कौसल्यां पुत्रशोकार्तामिदं वचनमब्रवीत्।।2.63.5।।
sa rājā putraśokārtaḥ smṛtvā duṣkṛtam ātmanaḥ |
kausalyāṃ putraśokārtām idaṃ vacanam abravīt ||2.63.5||
તે રાજા પુત્રશોકથી વ્યાકુળ હતો; પોતાના દોષકર્મને સ્મરીને, પુત્રશોકથી પીડિત કૌસલ્યાને આ વચન બોલ્યો.
King Dasaratha distressed by the separation from his son, pondered over his past misdeed, and said to helpless Kausalya, who was equally grieving over the separation from Rama:
FAQs
It frames suffering as ethically meaningful remembrance: acknowledging past wrongdoing is the first step toward truth (satya) and moral reckoning.
Daśaratha, grieving Rāma’s separation, recalls an earlier sin and begins to narrate it to Kauśalyā.
Moral self-awareness: Daśaratha turns inward, recognizing his own culpability rather than blaming fate alone.