Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 66, Shloka 11
अयोध्यायां शोकविलापः
Lamentation in Ayodhya after Daśaratha’s death
वृद्धश्चैवाल्पपुत्रश्च वैदेहीमनुचिन्तयन्।सोऽपि शोकसमाविष्टो ननु त्यक्ष्यति जीवितम्।।।।
vṛddhaś caivālpaputraś ca vaidēhīm anucintayan | so 'pi śokasamāviṣṭo nanu tyakṣyati jīvitam ||
年迈而无子嗣的阇那迦亦将不断思念毗提希（悉多），被悲痛淹没，必定舍弃此生。
Old and sonless Janaka, constantly thinking of Sita and overpowered with grief will surely give up his life.
FAQs
It underscores interconnected responsibility: a decision violating familial and royal dharma sends suffering across kin-networks, harming even distant elders like Janaka.
The speaker anticipates the sorrow of Sītā’s father, imagining that grief for his daughter’s hardship may prove fatal.
Janaka’s deep parental affection and Sītā’s value as a dharmic daughter—so central that her suffering shakes the moral-emotional stability of her family.