Valmiki Ramayana 2.33.19 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 33, Shloka 19
त्रयस्त्रिंशः सर्गः
Civic Lament and Rama’s Dutiful Approach to Daśaratha
समुद्धृतनिधानानि परिध्वस्ताजिराणि च।उपात्त धनधान्यानि हृतसाराणि सर्वशः।।2.33.18।।रजसाभ्यवकीर्णानि परित्यक्तानि दैवतैः।मूषकैःपरिधावद्भिरुद्बिलैरावृतानि च।।2.33.19।।अपेतोदकधूमानि हीनसम्मार्जनानि च।प्रणष्टबलिकर्मेज्यामन्त्रहोमजपानि च।।2.33.20।।दुष्कालेनेव भग्नानि भिन्नभाजनवन्ति च।अस्मात्त्यक्तानि वेश्मानि कैकेयी प्रतिपद्यताम्।।2.33.21।।
samuddhṛta-nidhānāni paridhvasta-ajirāṇi ca |
upātta-dhana-dhānyāni hṛta-sārāṇi sarvaśaḥ ||
rajasābhyavakīrṇāni parityaktāni daivataiḥ |
mūṣakaiḥ paridhāvadbhir udbilair āvṛtāni ca ||
apetodaka-dhūmāni hīna-sammārjanāni ca |
praṇaṣṭa-bali-karma-ijyā-mantra-homa-japāni ca ||
duṣkālena iva bhagnāni bhinna-bhājana-vanti ca |
asmāt tyaktāni veśmāni kaikeyī pratipadyatām ||
Hãy để Kaikeyī tiếp nhận những ngôi nhà chúng ta bỏ lại—những nhà có sân vườn đổ nát, kho chôn bị đào bới, của cải và lúa thóc bị mang đi, trơ trụi mọi bề. Chúng phủ đầy bụi đất, như bị chư thần rời bỏ; chuột chạy rông, hang ổ chằng chịt; không nước, không khói bếp, không quét dọn; lễ vật cúng dường, tế tự, thần chú, lễ hiến, tụng niệm đều lặng tắt—tựa như nhà tan hoang vì nạn đói, bát đĩa vỡ vụn ngổn ngang.
Let Kaikeyi take possession of our deserted and dilapidated homes with ruined courtyards which seem as though struck by calamities. They are drained of wealth and foodgrains, covered with dust and abandoned by the gods. There is no water or smoke (from kitchen). They are infested with rats. They stand unswept. There foodgrains lie around ratholes, and broken earthenwares lie scattered. There are no offerings, no sacrifices, no recitation of sacred hymns, no libations and no invocations.
FAQs
Dharma is portrayed as the life-breath of society: when righteousness is exiled, prosperity, order, and ritual harmony symbolically collapse—even homes become spiritually “abandoned.”
The citizens, preparing to leave with Rāma, declare that Kaikeyī may keep their now-worthless houses, which will become desolate without them.
The citizens’ steadfast loyalty to dharma over property—renunciation of comfort as a moral protest against adharma.
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