Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 41, Shloka 20
अयोध्यायाः शोकप्रकम्पः
Ayodhya’s Tremor of Grief and Omens
ये तु रामस्य सुहृद स्सर्वे ते मूढचेतसः।शोकभारेण चाक्रान्ता श्शयनं न जहुस्तदा।।2.41.20।।
ye tu rāmasya suhṛdaḥ sarve te mūḍhacetasaḥ | śokabhāreṇa cākrāntāḥ śayanaṃ na jahus tadā || 2.41.20 ||
Dan semua sahabat Rama, hati mereka menjadi bingung; tertindih oleh beban duka, pada saat itu mereka tidak bangkit dari pembaringan mereka.
All the friends of Rama were stupefied. Afflicted with the burden of sorrow they did not leave their bed.
FAQs
It highlights suhṛt-dharma (the ethic of loyal friendship): true friends are inwardly shaken by a righteous person’s suffering and cannot remain unaffected.
Rama’s close companions in Ayodhya are so grief-stricken by his exile that they remain bedridden, stunned and inert.
The friends’ fidelity and emotional integrity—genuine attachment to virtue expresses itself as sincere sorrow, not indifference.