Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 34, Shloka 3
रामदर्शनार्थं दारानयनम्
The Queens Summoned; Rama’s Leave-Taking and Dasaratha’s Collapse
उपरक्तमिवादित्यं भस्मच्छन्नमिवानलम्।तटाकमिव निस्तोयमपश्यज्जगतीपतिम्।।।।
uparaktam ivādityaṃ bhasmacchannam ivānalam |
taṭākam iva nistoyam apaśyaj jagatīpatim ||
Nakita niya ang panginoon ng daigdig na tila kumupas—gaya ng araw na natatakpan sa eklipse, gaya ng apoy na nalulunod sa abo, gaya ng lawa na natuyuan ng tubig.
On seeing Rama, unruffled, waiting for his permission to proceed to the forest, the lord of the earth, king Dasaratha said:
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The verse frames the king’s inner collapse as a moral and emotional consequence of a dharmic crisis—when royal duty and truth-bound promises strain the heart, even a powerful ruler can appear 'eclipsed.'
Rāma sees Daśaratha in a weakened, lifeless state, foreshadowing the painful exchange about exile and truth-bound obligations.
Indirectly, Daśaratha’s truth-binding (satya) and sense of duty are implied as forces that, though righteous, weigh heavily upon him.