Valmiki Ramayana 2.71.27: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 71, Shloka 27
भरतस्य अयोध्याप्रत्यागमनम् · Bharata’s Return Journey and the Distant Sight of Ayodhya
नाद्यापि श्रूयते शब्दः मत्तानां मृगपक्षिणाम् ॥२७॥
संरक्तां मधुरां वाणीं कलं व्याहरतां बहु ।
nādya api śrūyate śabdaḥ mattānāṃ mṛga-pakṣiṇām ||27||
saṃraktāṃ madhurāṃ vāṇīṃ kalaṃ vyāharatāṃ bahu |
अब न जानवरों की आवाज़ आती है, न पक्षियों की। पहले सुबह सुबह कितना अच्छा गाते थे, मधुर आवाज़ होती थी। अब सब खामोश है।
I do not hear in the red tincture of the rising Sun the melodious voices of the freely moving animals and birds.
FAQs
Dharma is associated with harmony; when harmony breaks, even nature’s ordinary rhythms feel arrested. The silence functions as an ethical-psychological sign of communal distress.
Rama notes the absence of the usual dawn chorus of birds and animals around Ayodhya.
Rama’s contemplative discernment: he recognizes subtle signs and seeks their meaning without rash action.
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