Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 74, Shloka 24
भरतस्य कैकेयी-गर्हा तथा सुरभि-दृष्टान्तः
Bharata’s Reproach of Kaikeyi and the Surabhi Exemplum
शान्तं पापं न वः किञ्चित्कुतश्चिदमराधिपः।अहं मग्नौ तु शोचामि स्वपुत्रौ विषमे स्थितौ।।2.74.23।।एतौ दृष्ट्वा कृशौ दीनौ सूर्यरश्मिप्रतापितौ।बाध्यमानौ बलीवर्धौ कर्षकेण सुराधिप।।2.74.24।।
śāntaṁ pāpaṁ na vaḥ kiñcit kutaścid amarādhipaḥ | ahaṁ magnau tu śocāmi svaputrau viṣame sthitau ||
ētau dṛṣṭvā kṛśau dīnau sūryaraśmipratāpitau | bādhyamānau balīvardhau karṣakeṇa surādhipa ||
ຂໍໃຫ້ໄພຮ້າຍສະງົບໄປ ໂອ້ພຣະອົງເຈົ້າແຫ່ງອະມະຣະ; ບໍ່ມີຄວາມພິບັດໃດໆມາຮອດພຣະອົງ. ແຕ່ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າໂສກເສົ້າເພາະລູກຊາຍສອງຄົນຂອງຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຢູ່ໃນຄວາມລໍາບາກ; ເມື່ອເຫັນງົວຜູ້ທັງສອງນັ້ນນ່າສົງສານ ຜອມແຫ້ງ ຖືກແດດເຜົາ ແລະຖືກຊາວໄຖນາຕີ ໂອ້ຈອມເທວະ ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າກໍຈົມຢູ່ໃນຄວາມໂສກ.
'God forbid, O Indra, lord of the Immortals no calamity has befallen you from any quarter. Only I am in trouble. I am weeping for these pair of bulls, my own sons who are in difficulty. When I see them scorched by the rays of the Sun, miserable, emaciated and weeping, beaten by a ploughman, I am immersed in grief'.
FAQs
The verse reiterates that cruelty toward dependent beings violates compassionate dharma; suffering demands moral response.
A repeated/parallel transmission of Surabhi’s explanation of her grief (as preserved in this Southern Recension input).
Steadfast parental concern—love that cannot ignore the pain of one’s children.