Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 2.47
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2.47.1
प्रभातायां तु शर्वर्यां पौरास्ते राघवं विना।
शोकोपहतनिश्चेष्टा बभूवुर्हतचेतसः ॥ २.४७.१ ॥
When the night had given way to dawn, the citizens, bereft of Rāghava, were struck down by grief, motionless, their minds as if slain.
2.47.2
शोकजाश्रुपरिद्यूना वीक्षमाणास्ततस्ततः।
आलोकमपि रामस्य न पश्यन्ति स्म दुःखिताः ॥ २.४७.२ ॥
Worn down by tears born of grief, the sorrowful ones kept looking here and there, yet they did not see even the sight of Rāma.
2.47.3
ते विषादार्तवदना रहितास्तेन धीमता।
कृपणाः करुणा वाचो वदन्ति स्म मनीषिणः ॥ २.४७.३ ॥
Deprived of that wise Rāma, their faces pained with despair, those thoughtful men began to speak piteous and compassionate words.
2.47.4
धिगस्तु खलु निद्रां तां ययापहतचेतसः।
नाद्य पश्यामहे रामं पृथूरस्कं महाभुजम् ॥ २.४७.४ ॥
Shame upon that sleep, by which our minds were stolen! Today we do not see Rāma, broad-chested and great-armed.
2.47.5
कथं रामो महाबाहुः स तथावितथक्रियः।
भक्तं जनमभित्यज्य प्रवासं तापसो गतः ॥ २.४७.५ ॥
How could Rāma, the great-armed, whose deeds match his word, abandon his devoted people and go into exile as an ascetic?
2.47.6
यो नः सदा पालयति पिता पुत्रानिवौरसान्।
कथं रघूणां स श्रेष्ठस्त्यक्त्वा नो विपिनं गतः ॥ २.४७.६ ॥
He who always cherished us as a father cherishes his own begotten sons, how could Rāma, the best of the Raghus, leave us and go to the forest?
2.47.7
इहैव निधनं याम महाप्रस्थानमेव वा।
रामेण रहितानां नो किमर्थं जीवितं हितम् ॥ २.४७.७ ॥
Here let us meet death, or make the great departure. For us, deprived of Rāma, what good is life?
2.47.8
सन्ति शुष्काणि काष्ठानि प्रभूतानि महान्ति च।
तैः प्रज्वाल्य चितां सर्वे प्रविशामोऽथवा वयम् ॥ २.४७.८ ॥
Here are many large, dry logs. Kindling a pyre with them, let us all enter it, or let us do so.
2.47.9
किं वक्ष्यामो महाबाहुरनसूयः प्रियंवदः।
नीतः स राघवोऽस्माभिरिति वक्तुं कथं क्षमम् ॥ २.४७.९ ॥
What shall we say? That we let the mighty-armed, envy-free, sweet-spoken Rāghava be taken away — how could such words be fitting?
2.47.10
सा नूनं नगरी दीना दृष्ट्वास्मान् राघवं विना।
भविष्यति निरानन्दा सस्त्रीबालवयोऽधिका ॥ २.४७.१० ॥
That city, surely, will become wretched and joyless when it sees us and Rāghava gone — though full of women, children and the aged.
2.47.11
निर्यातास्तेन वीरेण सह नित्यं महात्मना।
विहीनास्तेन च पुनः कथं द्रक्ष्याम तां पुरीम् ॥ २.४७.११ ॥
We set out always with that hero, the great-souled one. Deprived of him now, how shall we see that city again?
2.47.12
इतीव बहुधा वाचो बाहुमुद्यम्य ते जनाः।
विलपन्ति स्म दुःखार्ता हृतवत्सा इवाग्र्यगाः ॥ २.४७.१२ ॥
Speaking thus in many ways, raising their arms, those people, afflicted with sorrow, lamented like the finest cows whose calves have been taken away.
2.47.13
ततो मार्गानुसारेण गत्वा किंचित् ततः क्षणम्।
मार्गनाशाद् विषादेन महता समभिप्लुताः ॥ २.४७.१३ ॥
Then, following the track, they went on for a little while; but with the track lost, they were overwhelmed by great despondency.
2.47.14
रथमार्गानुसारेण न्यवर्तन्त मनस्विनः।
किमिदं किं करिष्यामो दैवेनोपहता इति ॥ २.४७.१४ ॥
Following the track of the chariot, the high-minded ones turned back, saying: "What is this? What shall we do? We are struck down by fate!"
2.47.15
तदा यथागतेनैव मार्गेण क्लान्तचेतसः।
अयोध्यामगमन् सर्वे पुरीं व्यथितसज्जनाम् ॥ २.४७.१५ ॥
Then, with weary hearts, all of them returned by the same road by which they had come, to the city of Ayodhyā, whose good people were distressed.
2.47.16
आलोक्य नगरीं तां च क्षयव्याकुलमानसाः।
आवर्तयन्त तेऽश्रूणि नयनैः शोकपीडितैः ॥ २.४७.१६ ॥
Seeing that city, their minds troubled by the sense of loss, they held back the tears in their sorrow-stricken eyes.
2.47.17
एषा रामेण नगरी रहिता नातिशोभते।
आपगा गरुडेनेव ह्रदादुद्धृतपन्नगा ॥ २.४७.१७ ॥
This city, deprived of Rāma, no longer shines much, like a river whose serpents have been snatched from its lake by Garuḍa.
2.47.18
चन्द्रहीनमिवाकाशं तोयहीनमिवार्णवम्।
अपश्यन् निहतानन्दं नगरं ते विचेतसः ॥ २.४७.१८ ॥
Like a sky without the moon, like an ocean without water, they beheld that city stripped of joy, and they were bewildered.
2.47.19
ते तानि वेश्मानि महाधनानि
दुःखेन दुःखोपहता विशन्तः।
नैव प्रजग्मुः स्वजनं परं वा
निरीक्ष्यमाणाः प्रविनष्टहर्षाः ॥ २.४७.१९ ॥
Stricken with grief, they entered those wealthy houses in sorrow; they went neither to their own kin nor to others, looking like people who had lost all joy.