रामशय्यादर्शनम्
Bharata Beholds Rama’s Forest Bed
आकर्णधारा पृथिवी नौः इव प्रतिभाति मा।गते दशरथे स्वर्गं रामे चारण्यमाश्रिते।।।।
ākarṇadhārā pṛthivī nauḥ iva pratibhāti mā |
gate daśarathe svargaṃ rāme cāraṇyam āśrite ||
Sa pagpanaw ni Daśaratha sa langit at sa pagkanlong ni Rāma sa gubat, ang buong kaharian ay wari sa akin ay isang sasakyang-dagat na walang timonero.
King Dasaratha having ascended to heaven and Rama taken shelter in the forest, this kingdom appears to me like a ship without a helmsman.
Rāja-dharma: a kingdom requires righteous leadership; without a dharmic king, society becomes directionless and vulnerable.
Daśaratha has died; Rāma is in exile—creating a leadership vacuum felt as instability in the state.
The speaker’s sense of responsibility and clear-eyed recognition that governance must be anchored in dharma.
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