Valmiki Ramayana 2.114.7: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 114, Shloka 7
अयोध्याप्रवेशः
Bharata Enters Ayodhya and Perceives the City’s Desolation
सफेनां सस्वनां भूत्वा सागरस्य समुत्थिताम्। प्रशान्तमारुतोद्धूतां जलोर्मिमिव निस्स्वनाम्।।2.114.7।।
saphenāṃ sasvanāṃ bhūtvā sāgarasya samutthitām | praśāntamārutoddhūtāṃ jalormim iva nissvanām || 2.114.7 ||
सागरस्य जलोर्मिरिव—प्रथमं सफेना सस्वना समुत्थिता; प्रशान्तमारुतोद्धूता पश्चान् निःस्वना शान्ता बभूव।
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The verse highlights the discipline of endurance: intense emotion rises, but must settle into steadiness. Dharma includes the capacity to bear sorrow without losing moral direction.
The narrator continues portraying Ayodhyā’s grief—initially loud and turbulent, then settling into a stunned, quiet stillness.
Collective restraint is emphasized: the city’s people move from wailing to a grave silence, reflecting controlled suffering rather than chaos.
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