Valmiki Ramayana 2.47.8: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 47, Shloka 8
अयोध्यायाः पौरविलापः
Lament of the Citizens of Ayodhya on Rama’s Absence
सन्ति शुष्काणि काष्ठानि प्रभूतानि महान्ति च ।
तैः प्रज्वाल्य चितां सर्वे प्रविशामोऽथ पावकम् ॥८॥
santi śuṣkāṇi kāṣṭhāni prabhūtāni mahānti ca |
taiḥ prajvālya citāṃ sarve praviśāmo ’tha pāvakam ||8||
सन्ति शुष्काणि काष्ठानि प्रभूतानि महान्ति च। तैः प्रज्वाल्य चितां सर्वे प्रविशामोऽथ पावकम्॥
There are plenty of dry logs of wood. We will prepare a pyre with them, set fire to it and we all will enter it.
FAQs
As a dharma-lesson, it shows grief can overwhelm discernment; ethical steadiness requires restraint even amid loss.
Citizens, driven to desperation by separation from Rāma, speak of building a pyre and ending their lives.
Indirectly, Rāma’s worth to the community is emphasized—his absence triggers extreme, uncontrolled sorrow.
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