Valmiki Ramayana 2.48.28: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 48, Shloka 28
अयोध्यायाः शोकवर्णनम्
Ayodhya’s Lament and Civic Desolation
मिथ्याप्रव्राजितो राम स्ससीत स्सहलक्ष्मणः ।
भरते सन्निसृष्टास्स्म स्सौनिके पशवो यथा ॥२८॥
mithyāpravrājito rāmaḥ sasītaḥ sahalakṣmaṇaḥ |
bharate sannisṛṣṭāḥ sma saunike paśavo yathā ||28||
സീതയും ലക്ഷ്മണനും കൂടെയുള്ള രാമനെ കപടമായി വനവാസത്തിലേക്ക് തള്ളിക്കളഞ്ഞിരിക്കുന്നു; ഞങ്ങളെ ഭരതനു ഏല്പിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു—കശാപ്പുകാരനു കന്നുകാലികളെ ഏല്പിക്കുന്നതുപോലെ.
Rama along with Sita and Lakshmana has been deceitfully exiled and all of us delivered to Bharata like beasts to a butcher (for protection!).
FAQs
It condemns deceit as a violation of dharma: a righteous order cannot be established through falsehood, especially when it harms the innocent and destabilizes the moral center of the kingdom.
The people of Ayodhyā react to Rāma’s exile, feeling abandoned and unsafe, fearing they are now at the mercy of political power rather than protected by righteousness.
Rāma’s moral centrality is implied: his removal is felt as the removal of protection rooted in dharma, showing how a virtuous leader becomes a refuge for society.
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