Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 40, Shloka 35
प्रयाणवर्णनम्
Departure from Ayodhya; Civic Lament and the Chariot’s Urgency
सुस्राव नयनैः स्त्रीणामस्रमायाससम्भवम्।मीनसङ्क्षोभचलितै स्सलिलं पङ्कजैरिव।।।।
susrāva nayanaiḥ strīṇām aśram āyāsasambhavam | mīnasaṅkṣobhacalitaiḥ salilaṃ paṅkajair iva ||
பெண்களின் கண்களிலிருந்து துயரத்தால் பிறந்த கண்ணீர் பெருகியது; மீன்களின் அசைவால் அசைந்த தாமரைகளிலிருந்து நீர்த்துளிகள் வழிவதுபோல.
Tears born of anguish fell from the eyes of women just as water-drops fall from lotuses shaken by the movements of fishes.
FAQs
Dharma here is reflected through compassion and shared suffering: the community emotionally participates in the righteous one’s hardship, showing that dharma is not merely law but lived feeling and moral solidarity.
Women in the city weep intensely as Rāma leaves, and the poet describes their tears through a vivid nature simile.
The people’s bhakti-like devotion and tenderness toward Rāma, responding to his dharmic exile with empathetic grief.