Valmiki Ramayana 2.41.21: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 41, Shloka 21
अयोध्यायाः शोकप्रकम्पः
Ayodhya’s Tremor of Grief and Omens
ततस्त्वयोध्या रहिता महात्मना पुरन्दरेणेव मही सपर्वता ।
चचाल घोरं भयशोकपीडिता सनागयोधाश्वगणा ननाद च ॥२१॥
tatas tv ayodhyā rahitā mahātmanā purandareṇeva mahī saparvatā |
cacāla ghoraṃ bhayaśokapīḍitā sanāgayodhāśvagaṇā nanāda ca ||21||
ครั้นแล้วกรุงอโยธยา เมื่อปราศจากพระรามผู้มหาตมะ ก็ประหนึ่งแผ่นดินพร้อมขุนเขาที่ไร้พระอินทร์ ครั้นถูกความหวาดกลัวและความโศกบีบคั้น ก็สั่นสะเทือนน่ากลัว กึกก้องด้วยหมู่ช้าง ม้า และกองทัพนักรบ
Without magnanimous Rama, Ayodhya thereafter looked like the earth along with its mountains bereft of Indra. Afflicted with fear and sorrow it started shaking dreadfully with the sounds of horses, elephants and warriors.ityārṣē śrīmadrāmāyaṇē vālmīkīya ādikāvyē ayōdhyākāṇḍē ēkacatvāriṅśassargaḥ৷৷Thus ends the fortyfirst sarga of Ayodhyakanda of the holy Ramayana, the first epic composed by sage Valmiki.
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The verse asserts that dharmic leadership is a stabilizing force: without the righteous protector, the polity loses steadiness and confidence, just as mythic order falters without Indra.
The sarga closes by portraying Ayodhya’s condition after Rama’s exile—leaderless in spirit, shaken by fear and grief, and loud with anxious movement of people and animals.
Rama’s mahātmatā (greatness of soul) and his role as a pillar of order—his absence is equated with the loss of a cosmic guardian.
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