Valmiki Ramayana 2.58.6: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 58, Shloka 6
अष्टपञ्चाशः सर्गः (Sarga 58)
Daśaratha Questions Sumantra; Messages from the Forest Threshold
दुःखस्यानुचितो दुःखं सुमन्त्र शयनोचितः।भूमिपालात्मजो भूमौ शेते कथमनाथवत्।।।।
duḥkhasyānucito duḥkhaṃ sumantra śayanocitaḥ |
bhūmipālātmajo bhūmau śete katham anāthavat ||
“Wahai Sumantra, baginda tidak layak menanggung derita, dan biasa dengan peraduan yang wajar. Bagaimana putera pelindung bumi boleh berbaring di tanah kosong seperti orang tanpa naungan?”
'Having banished the righteous Rama, the delight of all subjects and, thereby,antagonizing the entire world, how can you claim to be their king?'
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The verse highlights the tension between royal comfort and dharmic renunciation: dharma may demand that even a prince accept austerity.
Dasharatha laments the thought of Rama sleeping on the ground in the forest, far from palace protections.
Dasharatha’s protective parental love; and implicitly, Rama’s capacity to endure hardship for truth.
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