Ramayana — 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 ||
रामाच्या निमित्ताने स्त्रिया अशा व्याकुळ झाल्या, जणू त्यांचा पुत्र किंवा भाऊच वनवासाला गेला आहे। दीन होऊन विलाप करीत, चित्तभ्रांत होऊन त्या रडू लागल्या; कारण त्यांच्या दृष्टीने राम स्वतःच्या पुत्रांपेक्षाही अधिक होते।
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.