Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 48, Shloka 6
अयोध्यायाः शोकवर्णनम्
Ayodhya’s Lament and Civic Desolation
गृहे गृहे रुदन्त्यश्च भर्तारं गृहमागतम्।व्यगर्हयन्त दुःखार्ता वाग्भिस्तोत्रैरिव द्विपान्।।2.48.6।।
gṛhe gṛhe rudantyaś ca bhartāraṃ gṛham āgatam |
vyagarhayanta duḥkhārtā vāgbhis totrair iva dvipān ||2.48.6||
ఇంటి ఇంటా స్త్రీలు ఏడుస్తుండగా, భర్తలు ఇంటికి వచ్చినప్పుడు వారు దుఃఖార్తులై వారిని గద్దించేవారు; వారి మాటలు ఏనుగుపై అంకుశపు దెబ్బలవలె తాకేవి.
In every house, women wept and in anguish heaped abuses on their husbands on their arrival at home with words (sharp) like goads on elephants:
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It shows how adharma at the top destabilizes harmony at home: when justice fails, even family relationships become charged with blame and harsh speech.
Ayodhyā’s women, overwhelmed by sorrow, lash out verbally at their husbands returning from outside, as if the men were complicit in Rāma’s banishment.
Rāma’s belovedness and perceived innocence are emphasized: the people’s anger is fueled by the sense that a virtuous man has been made to suffer.