Shloka 60
रामलक्षणवर्णनम्
Description of Rama and Lakshmana; Alliance Narrative to Sita
दृष्ट्वा प्रायोपविष्टांश्च सर्वान्वानरपुङ्गवान्।भृशं शोकार्णवे मग्नः पर्यदेवयदङ्गदः।।5.35.60।।तव नाशं च वैदेहि वालिनश्च वधं तथा।प्रायोपवेशमस्माकं मरणं च जटायुषः।।5.35.61।।
dṛṣṭvā prāyopaviṣṭāṃś ca sarvān vānarapuṅgavān | bhṛśaṃ śokārṇave magnaḥ paryadevayad aṅgadaḥ || (5.35.60)
tava nāśaṃ ca vaidehi vālinas ca vadhaṃ tathā | prāyopaveśam asmākaṃ maraṇaṃ ca jaṭāyuṣaḥ || (5.35.61)
दृष्ट्वा प्रायोपविष्टांश्च सर्वान् वानरपुङ्गवान्। भृशं शोकार्णवे मग्नः पर्यदेवयदङ्गदः॥
FAQs
Dharma is compassionate solidarity and truthful remembrance: Aṅgada’s lament gathers the moral weight of loss (Sītā, Jaṭāyu) and the costs of duty-bound conflict (Vāli’s death), acknowledging consequences rather than denying them.
After failing to find Sītā within the time limit, the vanara leaders sit in prāyopaveśa; Aṅgada, overwhelmed, laments multiple tragedies connected to their mission.
Karunā (compassion) and bhāra-bodha (sense of burden): Aṅgada feels the collective sorrow and the gravity of events, revealing a sensitive, responsible leadership temperament.