Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 114, Shloka 24
अयोध्याप्रवेशः
Bharata Enters Ayodhya and Perceives the City’s Desolation
यानप्रवरघोषश्च स्निग्धश्च हयनिस्वनः। प्रमत्तगजनादश्च महांश्च रथनिस्वनः।।2.114.24।। नेदानीं श्रूयते पुर्यामस्यां रामे विवासिते।
yānapravaraghōṣaś ca snigdhaś ca hayanisvanaḥ | pramattagajanādaś ca mahāṃś ca rathanisvanaḥ || 2.114.24 || nedānīṃ śrūyate puryām asyāṃ rāme vivāsite |
عمدہ سواریوں کی گونج، گھوڑوں کی نرم و شیریں ہنہناہٹ، مست ہاتھیوں کی للکار، اور رتھوں کی عظیم گرج—اب اس شہر میں کچھ بھی سنائی نہیں دیتا، کیونکہ رام کو جلاوطن کر دیا گیا ہے۔
After Rama's the exile the clatter of excellent carriages, the pleasing neighing of horses and trumpeting of elephants in rut and the rattle of chariots are no longer heard now.
FAQs
The verse shows how the exile of a righteous heir disrupts public order and well-being; dharma in kingship is measured by the people’s peace and the city’s natural thriving.
Bharata observes that Ayodhya’s normal bustle—vehicles, horses, elephants, chariots—has vanished, explicitly connecting the change to Rama’s exile.
Bharata’s loyalty to Rama and commitment to truth: he names Rama’s exile as the decisive cause, indicating moral clarity rather than denial.