Shloka 16
पिण्डदानदर्शनम्
The Queens Behold Rama’s Śrāddha Offering
एवमार्तां सपत्न्यस्ता जग्मुराश्वास्य तां तदा।ददृशुश्चाश्रमे रामं स्वर्गच्युतमिवामरम्।।2.103.16।।
evam ārtāṃ sapatnyas tā jagmur āśvāsya tāṃ tadā | dadṛśuś cāśrame rāmaṃ svargacyutam ivāmaram ||
Setelah menenangkan Kausalyā yang dirundung duka, para madu itu pun berangkat; di pertapaan mereka melihat Rāma, bagaikan dewa yang jatuh dari syurga.
The co-wives, having thus consoled the distressed Kausalya, went to the hermitage. There they beheld Rama who looked like a god dislodged from heaven.
FAQs
Dharma includes compassionate solidarity: even amid rivalry, the queens act to console Kausalya and move together toward Rama, placing humane duty above household division.
The queens, after comforting Kausalya, proceed to the hermitage and behold Rama in an altered, exile-worn state.
The queens’ empathy and restraint; Rama’s divine dignity is also implied through the comparison, even in diminished outward circumstances.