Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 47, Shloka 11
अयोध्यायाः पौरविलापः
Lament of the Citizens of Ayodhya on Rama’s Absence
निर्यातास्तेन वीरेण सह नित्यं जितात्मना।विहीनास्तेन च पुनः कथं पश्याम तां पुरीम्।।।।
niryātās tena vīreṇa saha nityaṃ jitātmanā | vihīnāḥ tena ca punaḥ kathaṃ paśyāma tāṃ purīm || 2.47.11 ||
ကျွန်ုပ်တို့သည် အမြဲတမ်း ကိုယ်စိတ်ကို အနိုင်ယူထားသော ထိုသူရဲကောင်းနှင့်အတူ ထွက်ခွာခဲ့ကြသည်။ ယခု သူမရှိတော့သဖြင့် ထိုမြို့တော်ကို ထပ်မံကြည့်ရှုနိုင်မည်နည်း။
Having left (that city) with the valiant and self-restrained Rama, how can we now return without him ?
FAQs
Dharma is tied to moral leadership: the city’s identity and ethical stability are felt to depend on the presence of a self-restrained, righteous prince.
The citizens, having once left with Rama, now feel shame and grief at the thought of returning to Ayodhya without him.
Rama’s self-mastery (jitātmatā) as a public virtue that inspires confidence and moral order.