Shloka 53
गृध्रं च निहतं दृष्ट्वा हृतां श्रुत्वा च मैथिलीम् ।।।।राघवश्शोकसन्तप्तो विललापाकुलेन्द्रिय: ।
gṛdhraṃ ca nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā hṛtāṃ śrutvā ca maithilīm | rāghavaḥ śokasantapto vilalāpākulendriyaḥ ||
Nang makita ang buwitreng napatay at marinig na dinukot si Maithilī, si Rāghava, nililiyab sa dalamhati, ay nanaghoy, nalilito ang kanyang mga pandama.
Then he performed in the midst of tears the funeral rites of the vulture Jatayu. Wandering in search of Sita, he beheld a rakshasa named Kabandha who was dreadful, in deformed in appearance.
FAQs
Dharma is shown through righteous compassion: even the ideal hero openly grieves at adharma (abduction) and at the fall of a loyal protector, affirming that sensitivity to injustice is not weakness but moral clarity.
Rāma finds Jatāyu mortally wounded and learns from him that Sītā has been abducted; the shock breaks into lament.
Rāma’s compassion and loyalty—his capacity to feel deeply for others and respond to wrong with earnest resolve.