Ramayana — Bala Kanda, Sarga 1, Shloka 53
श्रीमद्रामायणकथासङ्क्षेपः / The Ramayana in Synopsis
Narada’s Summary to Valmiki
गृध्रं च निहतं दृष्ट्वा हृतां श्रुत्वा च मैथिलीम् ।।।।राघवश्शोकसन्तप्तो विललापाकुलेन्द्रिय: ।
gṛdhraṃ ca nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā hṛtāṃ śrutvā ca maithilīm | rāghavaḥ śokasantapto vilalāpākulendriyaḥ ||
ગૃધ્રને નિહત જોયા અને મૈથિલી હરણ થઈ ગઈ એમ સાંભળી, રાઘવ શોકથી દગ્ધ થઈ ગયો; ઇન્દ્રિયો વ્યાકુળ થઈ તેણે વિલાપ કર્યો.
Then he performed in the midst of tears the funeral rites of the vulture Jatayu. Wandering in search of Sita, he beheld a rakshasa named Kabandha who was dreadful, in deformed in appearance.
FAQs
Dharma is shown through righteous compassion: even the ideal hero openly grieves at adharma (abduction) and at the fall of a loyal protector, affirming that sensitivity to injustice is not weakness but moral clarity.
Rāma finds Jatāyu mortally wounded and learns from him that Sītā has been abducted; the shock breaks into lament.
Rāma’s compassion and loyalty—his capacity to feel deeply for others and respond to wrong with earnest resolve.