Valmiki Ramayana 2.63.55: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 63, Shloka 55
दशरथस्य शोकानुचिन्तनं शब्धवेधि-दोषस्मरणं च
Daśaratha’s grief, karmic reflection, and the remembered ‘śabdavedhī’ misdeed
जलार्द्रगात्रन्तु विलप्य कृच्छ्रान्मर्मव्रणं सन्ततमुच्छवसन्तम् ।
तत स्सरय्वां तमहं शयानं समीक्ष्य भद्रेऽस्मि भृशं विषण्णः ॥५५॥
jalārdragātraṃ tu vilapya kṛcchrān marmavraṇaṃ santatam ucchvasantam |
tataḥ sarayvāṃ tam ahaṃ śayānaṃ samīkṣya bhadre ’smi bhṛśaṃ viṣaṇṇaḥ ||55||
హే భద్రే! సరయూ తీరంలో అతడు పడివుండటం చూశాను—దేహం నీటితో తడిసిపోయి, బాధతో విలపిస్తూ, మర్మవ్రణం వల్ల నిరంతరం ఊపిరాడక ఆర్తిగా శ్వాసించుచుండగా—నేను అత్యంత విషాదంలో మునిగిపోయాను.
O gentle Kausalya having seen him crying due to the pain caused by the wound in the vital part, sighing ceaselessly, drenched in water and lying on the bank of river Sarayu, I was greatly shaken.इत्यार्षे श्रीमद्रामायणे वाल्मीकीय आदिकाव्ये अयोध्याकाण्डे त्रिषष्टितम स्सर्गः।।Thus ends the sixtythird sarga in Ayodhyakanda of the holy Ramayana, the first epic composed by sage Valmiki.
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Dharma includes moral sensitivity: recognizing suffering and feeling remorse is part of ethical awakening, not merely legal innocence.
Daśaratha describes the dying youth on the bank of the Sarayū and his own overwhelming grief upon seeing him.
Hṛdaya-saṃvedanā (deep empathy): the king is shaken by the visible consequences of his act.
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