Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 41, Shloka 5
अयोध्यायाः शोकप्रकम्पः
Ayodhya’s Tremor of Grief and Omens
कैकेय्या क्लिश्यमानेन राज्ञा सञ्चोदितो वनम्।परित्राता जनस्यास्य जगतः क्व नु गच्छति।।2.41.5।।
kaikeyyā kliśyamānena rājñā sañcodito vanam |
paritrātā janasya 'sya jagataḥ kva nu gacchati || 2.41.5 ||
کیكئی کے اصرار سے، دکھ میں مبتلا راجا نے اُسے جنگل جانے کا حکم دیا۔ اب وہ کہاں جا رہا ہے—وہ جو اس پرجا کا، بلکہ اس سارے جگت کا محافظ تھا؟
Tormented by Kaikeyi, the king ordered him to go to the forest. Where is he, who happened to be the protector of the people of this world, going now?
FAQs
It underscores rājadharma and loka-hitā: the ruler’s realm depends on a protector who upholds welfare and justice; exile of such a guardian is seen as a moral and civic calamity.
The queens describe the cause of exile—Kaikeyī’s pressure leading the king to command Rāma to the forest—and grieve its consequences.
Rāma’s role as paritrātā—an ethical protector of society, not merely a private individual.