Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 99, Shloka 42
चित्रकूटप्राप्तिः
Bharata Reaches Chitrakuta and Beholds Rama
तान्पार्थिवान्वारणयूथपाभान्समागतां स्तत्र महत्यरण्ये।वनौकसस्तेऽपि समीक्ष्य सर्वेऽप्यश्रूण्यमुञ्चन्प्रविहाय हर्षम्।।2.99.42।।
tān pārthivān vāraṇa-yūthapābhān samāgatāṁs tatra mahaty araṇye |
vanaukasaḥ te ’pi samīkṣya sarve ’py aśrūṇy amuñcan pravihāya harṣam || 2.99.42 ||
त्या महान अरण्यात हत्तींच्या कळपनेत्यांसारखे तेजस्वी ते राजकुमार एकत्र आलेले पाहून, वनवासीही हर्ष बाजूला ठेवून अश्रूच ढाळू लागले।
We must have reached the region about which Bharadwaja had spoken. I think river Mandakini is not far from here.
FAQs
Shared humanity as dharma: even outsiders (forest-dwellers) respond with compassion to righteous suffering, showing that virtue evokes empathy beyond social boundaries.
At the sarga’s close, the gathering of the princes in the forest moves the local inhabitants to tears rather than celebration.
Compassion and sensitivity—grief is not weakness here; it is an ethical response to the injustice and pain surrounding dharmic exile.