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Valmiki Ramayana 2.47.8: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 47, Shloka 8

अयोध्यायाः पौरविलापः

Lament of the Citizens of Ayodhya on Rama’s Absence

सन्ति शुष्काणि काष्ठानि प्रभूतानि महान्ति च।तैः प्रज्वाल्य चितां सर्वे प्रविशामोऽथ पावकम्।।।।

Sanskrit recitationValmiki Ramayana 2.47.8

santi śuṣkāṇi kāṣṭhāni prabhūtāni mahānti ca | taiḥ prajvālya citāṃ sarve praviśāmo ’tha pāvakam ||

Nơi đây có nhiều khúc gỗ khô lớn lao; lấy chúng nhóm lên giàn hỏa, rồi tất cả chúng ta sẽ bước vào ngọn lửa.

santithere are
santi:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootas (अस् धातु)
Formलट् (present), प्रथमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्
śuṣkāṇidry
śuṣkāṇi:
Visheshana (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootśuṣka (शुष्क प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; काष्ठानि इति विशेषणम्
kāṣṭhānilogs/wood
kāṣṭhāni:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkāṣṭha (काष्ठ प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्
prabhūtāniplentiful
prabhūtāni:
Visheshana (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootprabhūta (प्रभूत प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; काष्ठानि इति विशेषणम्
mahāntilarge
mahānti:
Visheshana (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahant (महत् प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; काष्ठानि इति विशेषणम्
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (and)
taiḥwith those
taiḥ:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Roottad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गः, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम् (with those)
prajvālyahaving kindled
prajvālya:
Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-jval (प्र-ज्वल् धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive), अव्ययभावः; पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having kindled)
citāmpyre
citām:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootcitā (चिता प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्
sarveall (of us)
sarve:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva (सर्व प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्
praviśāmaḥwe shall enter
praviśāmaḥ:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-viś (प्र-विश् धातु)
Formलट् (present with future-intent), उत्तमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्
athathen
atha:
Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatha (अव्यय)
Formअनन्तरार्थक/विकल्पार्थक निपातः (then/now)
pāvakamfire
pāvakam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootpāvaka (पावक प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

How could he, the best among the kings of Raghu dynasty, who used to protect us as a father protects his own children, go to the forest, abandoning us?

F
Fire (pāvaka)
R
Rāma (implied cause of despair)

FAQs

As a dharma-lesson, it shows grief can overwhelm discernment; ethical steadiness requires restraint even amid loss.

Citizens, driven to desperation by separation from Rāma, speak of building a pyre and ending their lives.

Indirectly, Rāma’s worth to the community is emphasized—his absence triggers extreme, uncontrolled sorrow.

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