Kausalya Grieves for Everyone Who Will Remain
Ayodhya Kanda, Doha 55
Doha 55 · Movement 2 of 2
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The promised kingdom has become exile, yet Kausalya says this reversal is not the deepest source of her sorrow. Crown and forest are smaller than the web of lives around Ram.
Without him, Bharata will suffer, Dasharatha will suffer, and every person in Ayodhya will endure fierce torment. Separation radiates outward through all who love him.
Kausalya's grief refuses rivalry. She does not blame Bharata or cling to lost status; she sees a brother deprived, a father broken, and a city emptied. Her maternal heart widens until it contains the anguish of the kingdom.
Kausalya mourns not a stolen crown but the countless hearts that will burn when Ram is gone.
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राजु देन कहि दीन्ह बनु मोहि न सो दुख लेसु। तुम्ह बिनु भरतहि भूपतिहि प्रजहि प्रचंड कलेसु।।55।।
He promised the kingdom and then gave exile instead, yet that is not what grieves me most. Without you, Bharata, your father, and all the people of Ayodhya will suffer fierce torment.