Shloka 15
वर्षावर्णनम्
The Monsoon Description and Rama’s Counsel on Timing
रजः प्रशान्तं सहिमोऽद्य वायुर्निदाघदोषप्रसराः प्रशान्ताः।स्थिता हि यात्रा वसुधाधिपानांप्रवासिनो यान्ति नरास्स्वदेशान्।।
cidbāṣpābhisaṁruddhān varṣāgamasamutsukān |
kuṭajān paśya saumitre puṣpitān girisānuṣu || 4.28.14 ||
mama śokābhibhūtasya kāmasandīpanān sthitān |
اے سَومِتری! دیکھو، پہاڑی ڈھلوانوں پر یہ کُٹج کے درخت پھولوں سے لدے ہیں؛ گرم بھاپ سے جھلسے ہوئے بھی برسات کے آنے کے مشتاق ہیں۔ میں غم سے مغلوب ہوں، پھر بھی یہ یہاں کھڑے میرے دل میں کامنا کی آگ بھڑکا دیتے ہیں۔
'Now the dust has settled and the wind carrying mist is cool. The torments of summer have ceased. The expeditions of kings have come to a stop and the travellers return to their native land.
FAQs
Satya toward one’s inner condition: Rāma openly acknowledges how nature can rekindle longing even in grief. Dharma is maintained by recognizing such impulses and still holding to one’s righteous purpose.
During the monsoon season, Rāma points out flowering kuṭaja trees and confides how their presence intensifies his feelings of love and separation.
Integrity and self-awareness—he does not disguise his emotions, yet remains committed to the dharmic goal of rescuing Sītā.