Shloka 54
रामदर्शनार्थं दारानयनम्
The Queens Summoned; Rama’s Leave-Taking and Dasaratha’s Collapse
येन संस्तम्भनीयोऽयं सर्वो बाष्पगलो जनः।स त्वं पुरुषशार्दूल किमर्थं विक्रियां गतः।।।।
yena saṃstambhanīyo 'yaṃ sarvo bāṣpa-galo janaḥ | sa tvaṃ puruṣaśārdūla kim arthaṃ vikriyāṃ gataḥ ||
പുരുഷശാർദൂലാ, കണ്ണീരാൽ തൊണ്ട മുട്ടിയിരിക്കുന്ന ഈ സർവ്വജനത്തെ ധൈര്യപ്പെടുത്തേണ്ടത് നീയല്ലോ. പിന്നെ എന്തുകൊണ്ട് നീ ഇങ്ങനെ വികാരത്തിലായി?
When you, O tiger among men, are required (as king) to pacify those whose throats are choked with tears, why this change in you?
FAQs
Rāja-dharma: the ruler must stabilize society in crisis; personal anguish should not eclipse public responsibility.
Rāma urges Daśaratha to regain composure, since the grieving populace needs the king’s steadiness.
Leadership through self-control and duty-first orientation.