रामशय्यादर्शनम्
Bharata Beholds Rama’s Forest Bed
शून्यसंवरणारक्षामयन्त्रितहयद्विपाम्।अपावृतपुरद्वारां राजधानीमरक्षिताम्।।।।अप्रहृष्टबलां शून्यां विषमस्थामनावृताम्।शत्रवो नाभिमन्यन्ते भक्षान्विषकृतानिव।।।।
śūnyasaṃvaraṇārakṣām ayantritahayadvipām |
apāvṛtapuradvārāṃ rājadhānīm arakṣitām ||
aprahṛṣṭabalāṃ śūnyāṃ viṣamasthām anāvṛtām |
śatravo nābhimanyante bhakṣān viṣakṛtān iva ||
Sem vigia nas muralhas, com cavalos e elefantes sem rédea, e os portões da cidade escancarados, a capital jaz desprotegida—suas forças sem ânimo, seu espírito vazio, sua condição perigosa e exposta. Nem os inimigos desejariam tomá-la, evitando-a como alimento misturado com veneno.
Now the gates of our capital city (Ayodhya) are wide open. The city is unprotected and endangered. There are no guards to keep vigil over the ramparts. The horses and elephants are not in control (hence unprepared for battle). The army is unhappy and demoralised. At this state even the enemies will not like to seize the city, they will shun it like food mixed with poison.
Rāja-dharma includes maintaining security and morale; when righteous leadership collapses, even victory becomes undesirable because the state itself is poisoned by disorder.
Ayodhyā is depicted as dangerously exposed after Daśaratha’s death and Rāma’s exile, with defenses and military discipline weakened.
The speaker’s realism and protective concern for the polity—recognizing that dharma requires both moral and practical guardianship.
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