Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 41, Shloka 3
अयोध्यायाः शोकप्रकम्पः
Ayodhya’s Tremor of Grief and Omens
न क्रुध्यत्यभिशप्तोऽपि क्रोधनीयानि वर्जयन्।क्रुद्धान्प्रसादयन्सर्वान् समदुःखः क्व गज्छति।।2.41.3।।
na krudhyaty abhiśapto 'pi krodhanīyāni varjayan |
kruddhān prasādayan sarvān samaduḥkhaḥ kva gacchati || 2.41.3 ||
Ngài nay đã đi về đâu—đấng dù bị mắng nhiếc vẫn không nổi giận; tránh mọi việc gây sân hận; làm nguôi lòng kẻ đang phẫn nộ; và đồng cảm nỗi khổ của muôn người?
Where is he who, even if reviled, never gets angry, never does acts that provoke anger, pacifies those who are enraged and shares the sorrows of others going now?
FAQs
Dharma is expressed as kṣamā (restraint from anger) and ahiṃsā in conduct: one avoids anger-provoking acts, calms conflict, and responds to insult without retaliation—an ideal of righteous character.
After Rāma is compelled toward forest-exile, the queens in the palace grieve and repeatedly ask where such a virtuous prince has gone.
Rāma’s forbearance and peacemaking: he does not become angry even when abused, and he reconciles others while empathizing with their suffering.