Valmiki Ramayana 2.48.36: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 48, Shloka 36
अयोध्यायाः शोकवर्णनम्
Ayodhya’s Lament and Civic Desolation
तथा स्त्रियो रामनिमित्तमातुरायथा सुते भ्रातरि वा विवासिते।विलप्य दीना रुरुदुर्विचेतसस्सूतैर्हि तासामधिको हि सोऽभवत्।।2.48.36।।
tathā striyo rāmanimittam āturā
yathā sute bhrātari vā vivāsite |
vilapya dīnā rurudur vicetasaḥ
sūtair hi tāsām adhiko hi so 'bhavat || 2.48.36 ||
ラーマのゆえに女たちは深い悲嘆に打たれ、まるで我が子や兄弟が追放されたかのようであった。嘆きに沈み、哀れで心も乱れ、声をあげて泣いた。彼は彼女らにとって、まことに自らの子以上の存在であった。
The women grieved over Rama as if a son or a brother had been exiled. Depressed and distressed, they wept and sobbed. For them, Rama was indeed more than their sons.
FAQs
A dharmic leader becomes a moral refuge beyond blood ties: righteousness creates bonds of trust so strong that society experiences his loss like the loss of family.
The narrator describes the depth of women’s grief in Ayodhyā, comparing it to the pain of a close relative’s banishment.
Rāma’s nurturing, protective righteousness—so dependable that people value him even above their private familial attachments.
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