Valmiki Ramayana · Ayodhya Kanda · Sarga 2
व्यसनेषु मनुष्याणां भृशं भवति दुःखितः।।2.2.40।। उत्सवेषु च सर्वेषु पितेव परितुष्यति।
vyasaneṣu manuṣyāṇāṃ bhṛśaṃ bhavati duḥkhitaḥ utsaveṣu ca sarveṣu piteva parituṣyati|
He grieves profoundly whenever people are afflicted by misfortunes (and) rejoices like a father on festive occasions.
— M.N. Dutt (1891)
Commentary
Rama grieves when people are afflicted and rejoices like a father on festive occasions. The verse reveals the emotional core of his kingship: he feels the people's joys and sorrows as his own. A ruler who weeps with his people cannot be indifferent to their suffering.
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