Canto 2: Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa ()Chapter 59: Sumantra Describes the Agony of all Creatures in the CountryText 2.59.31
Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 59: Sumantra Describes the Agony of all Creatures in the Country
Text 2.59.31
हा राम रामानुज हा हा वैदेहि तपस्विनि।
न मां जानीत दुःखेन म्रियमाणमनाथवत्॥
hā rāma rāmānuja hā hā vaidehi tapasvini
na māṁ jānīta duḥkhena mriyamāṇam anāthavat
hā rāma = O Rāma; rāmānuja hā = O Rāmānuja; hā vaidehi = O Vaidehī; tapasvini = austere; na = don’t; mām = I am; jānīta = you understand that; duḥkhena = in distress; mriyamāṇam = dying; anāthavat = like an orphan.
O Rāma, O Rāmānuja, O austere Vaidehī, don’t you understand that I am dying in distress like an orphan?1
1 Rāmānuja means “Younger brother of Rāma.” Anuja means “younger brother.”