Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 76, Shloka 7
दशरथस्य अन्त्येष्टि
विधानम् — Dasaratha’s Funeral Rites and Ayodhya’s Mourning
क्व यास्यसि महाराज हित्वेमं दुःखितं जनम्।हीनं पुरुषसिंहेन रामेणाक्लिष्टकर्मणा।।2.76.7।।
kva yāsyasi mahārāja hitvemam duḥkhitaṃ janam |
hīnaṃ puruṣasiṃhena rāmeṇākliṣṭakarmaṇā ||2.76.7||
Wahai Maharaja, ke manakah engkau pergi, meninggalkan rakyat yang berduka ini? Kami telah ditinggalkan oleh Rama, singa di antara manusia, yang perbuatannya senantiasa tak ternoda oleh kesukaran.
O great king! Where will you go leaving me who is bewailing for having been left by Rama, the lion among men and a man of pious deeds?
FAQs
The verse highlights rājadharma and familial duty: the king’s presence safeguards social order, and Rāma’s akliṣṭa-karma (steadfast righteous conduct) is portrayed as a moral anchor whose absence intensifies communal suffering.
After returning to Ayodhyā, Bharata learns of Daśaratha’s death and Rāma’s exile; overwhelmed, he addresses the departed king in grief.
Rāma’s virtue is emphasized through the epithet akliṣṭakarma—his unwavering, disciplined righteousness even under hardship.