अयोध्याप्रवेशः
Bharata Enters Ayodhya and Perceives the City’s Desolation
पुरुषस्याप्रहृष्टस्य प्रतिषिद्धानुलेपनाम्। सन्तप्तामिव शोकेन गात्रयष्टिमभूषणाम्।।2.114.19।।
puruṣasyāprahṛṣṭasya pratiṣiddhānulepanām | santaptām iva śokena gātrayaṣṭim abhūṣaṇām || 2.114.19 ||
وہ یوں تھی جیسے ایک افسردہ مرد کا بدن—جسے خوشبو دار لیپ سے روکا گیا ہو، زیور سے خالی—غم کی تپش سے جھلسا ہوا، محض اعضا کی لکڑی سی ڈھانچی رہ گیا ہو۔
The verse presents the ethical cost of adharma: when truth and rightful succession are violated, society undergoes a kind of involuntary austerity—beauty and celebration fall away under grief.
The narrator continues portraying Ayodhya as stripped of joy and adornment after Rama’s exile.
The people’s fidelity to Rama is implied: their refusal/inability to rejoice without him reflects loyalty to dharma rather than mere pleasure.