Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 59, Shloka 20
एकोनषष्ठितमः सर्गः (Sarga 59): सुमन्त्रवाक्यं, अयोध्याविषादः, दाशरथिशोकसागरः
अप्रहृष्टमनुष्या च दीननागतुरङ्गमा।आर्तस्वरपरिम्लाना विनिश्श्वसितनिस्स्वना।।2.59.19।।निरानन्दा महाराज रामप्रव्राजनातुरा।कौसल्या पुत्रहीनेव अयोध्या प्रतिभाति मा।।2.59.20।।
nirānandā mahārāja rāma-pravrājanāturā |
kausalyā putra-hīneva ayodhyā pratibhāti mā ||2.59.20||
മഹാരാജാവേ, രാമന്റെ വനവാസം മൂലം വ്യഥിതയും ആനന്ദരഹിതയും ആയ അയോധ്യ എനിക്ക് പുത്രവിയോഗിനിയായ കൗസല്യയെപ്പോലെ തന്നെയായി തോന്നുന്നു.
O maharaja, Ayodhya is filled with cheerless people with deep sighs, agonised voices and pale faces depressed and distressed due to Rama's exile. (Even) elephants and horses look spiritless. For me it (the city) resembles (dejected) Kausalya deprived of her son.
FAQs
Dharma underscores the duty of rulers to protect the moral and emotional welfare of the realm; unjust exile of the righteous harms the entire ‘body’ of the kingdom.
Sumantra concludes his description by comparing the city’s desolation to Kausalyā’s personal bereavement.
Kausalyā’s maternal devotion and Rama’s irreplaceable place in the hearts of both family and city.