Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 63, Shloka 15
दशरथस्य शोकानुचिन्तनं शब्धवेधि-दोषस्मरणं च
Daśaratha’s grief, karmic reflection, and the remembered ‘śabdavedhī’ misdeed
उपास्य च रसान्भौमां स्तप्त्वा च जगदंशुभिः।परेताचरितां भीमां रविराविशते दिशम्।।2.63.15।।
upāsya ca rasān bhaumān staptvā ca jagad aṃśubhiḥ | paretācaritāṃ bhīmāṃ ravir āviśate diśam || 2.63.15 ||
पृथ्वी के रसों को खींचकर और अपनी किरणों से जगत् को तपाकर, सूर्य उस भयानक दक्षिण दिशा में प्रविष्ट होता है, जिसे प्रेतों का पथ कहा गया है॥
At that time the heat subsided, glistening clouds appeared. The frogs, geese and peacocks began to rejoice.
FAQs
Dharma is framed as cosmic order: time moves inevitably, and human beings must act rightly within that order, remembering life’s impermanence and accountability.
The verse sets the time of day/seasonal transition: the sun sets toward the southern quarter, a traditional direction associated with Yama and the departed.
A reflective sobriety is emphasized—recognizing the inevitability of time and death, which underlies responsible, truth-bound action (satya) in the human sphere.