Valmiki Ramayana 2.57.34: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 57, Shloka 34
सप्तपञ्चाशः सर्गः · Sumantra’s Return to Ayodhya and the Palace’s Lament
तत स्तमन्तःपुरनादमुत्थितं समीक्ष्य वृद्धा स्तरुणाश्च मानवाः ।
स्त्रियश्च सर्वा रुरुदु स्समन्ततः पुरं तदासीत्पुनरेव सङ्कुलम् ॥३४॥
tataḥ tam antaḥpura-nādam utthitaṁ samīkṣya vṛddhās taruṇāś ca mānavāḥ |
striyaś ca sarvā ruruduḥ samantataḥ puraṁ tad āsīt punar eva saṅkulam ||34||
जब लोगों को सुनाई दिया कि औरतों के अंदर से चीख निकली है, तो बूढ़े और जवान सब दौड़ के आए। और औरतें भी रोई चारों तरफ। शहर फिर से भर गया लोगों से।
Having heard the sound emanating from the inner apartment, people, old, young and women, of the city lamented. The city was crowded again.ityārṣē śrīmadrāmāyaṇē vālmīkīya ādikāvyē ayōdhyākāṇḍē saptapañcāśassargaḥ৷৷Thus ends the fiftyseventh sarga in Ayodhyakanda of the holy Ramayana, the first epic composed by sage Valmiki.
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The verse underscores dharma as shared human responsibility: grief is collectively carried, and society responds together when the royal household suffers due to truth-bound events.
A cry arises from the inner quarters; hearing/recognizing it, the populace gathers and laments, and the city fills with people again.
Solidarity and compassion—people across age and gender respond together to suffering.
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