Valmiki Ramayana 2.72.24: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 72, Shloka 24
भरतस्य मातृसदनगमनं कैकेय्या दारुणवृत्तान्तकथनं च
Bharata in Kaikeyi’s apartments: revelation of Daśaratha’s death and Rāma’s exile
उत्तिष्ठोत्तिष्ठ किं शेषे राजपुत्र महायशः।त्वद्विधा नहि शोचन्ति सन्त स्सदसि सम्मताः।।2.72.24।।
uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha kiṃ śeṣe rājaputra mahāyaśaḥ | tvadvidhā na hi śocanti santaḥ sadasi sammatāḥ || 2.72.24 ||
“จงลุกขึ้น จงลุกขึ้น—เหตุไฉนจึงนอนอยู่อย่างนี้ โอ้ราชกุมารผู้มีเกียรติยศยิ่ง! บุรุษเช่นท่าน ผู้เป็นที่ยกย่องในสภาของสัตบุรุษ ไม่ควรเศร้าโศกเช่นนี้”
O illustrious prince! arise, arise. Why are you lying down on the floor? Learned people like you, who are worthy of honour in the assembly ought not to grieve like this.
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Dharma for leaders includes steadiness: personal sorrow must be carried without collapsing public responsibility and decorum.
Kaikeyī urges Bharata, who has fallen in grief, to get up and compose himself.
Kṣānti and dhairya (forbearance and courage/steadfastness) expected of a royal prince.
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