Shloka 24
भरतस्य मातृसदनगमनं कैकेय्या दारुणवृत्तान्तकथनं च
Bharata in Kaikeyi’s apartments: revelation of Daśaratha’s death and Rāma’s exile
न ह्यत्र यानैर्दृश्यन्ते न गजैर्न च वाजिभिः।।2.71.24।।
निर्यान्तो वाऽभियान्तो वा नरमुख्या यथापुरम्।
uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha kiṃ śeṣe rājaputra mahāyaśaḥ | tvadvidhā na hi śocanti santaḥ sadasi sammatāḥ || 2.72.24 ||
“اُٹھو، اُٹھو—کیوں یوں پڑے ہو، اے عظیم نام والے راج کمار! تم جیسے لوگ، جو نیکوں کی مجلس میں معزز سمجھے جاتے ہیں، اس طرح غم نہیں کرتے۔”
O illustrious prince! arise, arise. Why are you lying down on the floor? Learned people like you, who are worthy of honour in the assembly ought not to grieve like this.
FAQs
Dharma for leaders includes steadiness: personal sorrow must be carried without collapsing public responsibility and decorum.
Kaikeyī urges Bharata, who has fallen in grief, to get up and compose himself.
Kṣānti and dhairya (forbearance and courage/steadfastness) expected of a royal prince.