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रामदर्शनार्थं दारानयनम् · The Queens Summoned; Rama’s Leave
Taking and Dasaratha’s Collapse
येन संस्तम्भनीयोऽयं सर्वो बाष्पगलो जनः ।
स त्वं पुरुषशार्दूल किमर्थं विक्रियां गतः ॥५४॥
yena saṃstambhanīyo 'yaṃ sarvo bāṣpa-galo janaḥ |
sa tvaṃ puruṣaśārdūla kim arthaṃ vikriyāṃ gataḥ ||54||
โอ้พยัคฆ์ในหมู่บุรุษ ท่านนี่เองผู้ควรประคองชนทั้งปวง—ผู้มีลำคออุดด้วยน้ำตา แล้วเหตุใดท่านจึงแปรเปลี่ยนไปเช่นนี้เล่า
When you, O tiger among men, are required (as king) to pacify those whose throats are choked with tears, why this change in you?
Rāja-dharma: the ruler must stabilize society in crisis; personal anguish should not eclipse public responsibility.
Rāma urges Daśaratha to regain composure, since the grieving populace needs the king’s steadiness.
Leadership through self-control and duty-first orientation.
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