Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 59, Shloka 31
एकोनषष्ठितमः सर्गः (Sarga 59): सुमन्त्रवाक्यं, अयोध्याविषादः, दाशरथिशोकसागरः
हा राम रामानुज हा हा वैदेहि तपस्विनि।न मां जानीत दुःखेन म्रियमाणतमनाथवत्।।2.59.31।।
hā rāma rāmānuja hā hā vaidehi tapasvini | na māṃ jānīta duḥkhena mriyamāṇam anāthavat || 2.59.31 ||
哀哉，罗摩！哀哉，罗摩之弟！哀哉，毗提希，那受苦行的可怜人！你们不知我因悲痛而死，如同无依无靠之人。
Ah Rama, Ah Lakshmana, Ah unfortunate Vaidehi, you do not know that I am dying like an orphan because of my grief.
FAQs
It conveys the dharmic weight of relational responsibility: separation causes a sense of being ‘without refuge,’ highlighting how protection and care within family and kingship are moral duties.
Daśaratha cries out to the absent Rāma, Lakṣmaṇa, and Sītā, saying they do not know he is dying from grief.
Sītā’s endurance (tapasvini) is acknowledged, and the verse foregrounds compassion and vulnerability as human truths within the epic.