Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 64, Shloka 49
शब्दवेध्य-अनर्थः, ऋषिशापः, दशरथस्य प्राणत्यागः
The Sound-Target Tragedy, the Sage’s Curse, and Dasaratha’s Death
आबभाषे च वृद्धौ तौ सह शक्रेण तापसः।आश्वास्यच मुहूर्तं तु पितरौ वाक्यमब्रवीत्।।।।
ābabhāṣe ca vṛddhau tau saha śakreṇa tāpasaḥ | āśvāsya ca muhūrtaṃ tu pitarau vākyam abravīt ||
သက္ကရ (အိန္ဒြာ) နှင့်အတူရှိစဉ် ထိုတပသီသည် အသက်ကြီးသော မိဘနှစ်ပါးထံ စကားဆိုလေ၏။ ခဏတာ နှစ်သိမ့်ပေးပြီးနောက် သူတို့အား စကားတော်ကို ပြောကြားလေ၏။
The ascetic in the company of Indra consoling the aged couple for a brief moment said:
FAQs
Dharma includes compassionate speech—offering solace and guidance to the suffering, even amid tragedy.
Indra is present; the ascetic speaks to the grieving elderly couple and consoles them before speaking further.
Karunā (compassion) expressed through measured, supportive speech.