Shloka 35
वालिनः और्ध्वदैहिकम्
Vali’s Funeral Rites and the Consolation of the Bereaved
तासां रुदितशब्देन वानरीणां वनान्तरे।वनानि गिरयश्चैव विक्रोशन्तीव सर्वतः4.25.35।।
tāsāṁ ruditaśabdena vānarīṇāṁ vanāntare |
vanāni girayaś caiva vikrośantīva sarvataḥ || 4.25.35 ||
Sa tunog ng pag-iyak ng mga babaeng unggoy sa kailaliman ng gubat, wari’y ang mga punò at maging ang mga bundok sa lahat ng dako ay nakikiiyak din.
When the female monkeys were weeping in the midst of the forest, it looked as if the forest and the hills were also mourning.
FAQs
Dharma-sensitive narration universalizes sorrow: the loss of a ruler affects the whole realm, symbolically extending human duty and emotion into the natural world.
The lament is so intense that the landscape is described as echoing it, as if nature participates in mourning.
Depth of feeling and collective mourning—grief shared by the community is portrayed as all-encompassing.