Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 58, Shloka 34
अष्टपञ्चाशः सर्गः (Sarga 58)
Daśaratha Questions Sumantra; Messages from the Forest Threshold
जानकी तु महाराज निश्श्वसन्ती मनस्विनी।भूतोपहतचित्तेव विष्ठिता विस्मृता स्मिता।।।।
jānakī tu mahārāja niśśvasantī manasvinī |
bhūtopahatacitteva viṣṭhitā vismṛtā smitā ||
“But Jānakī, O great king—tender-hearted—stood heaving deep sighs, as though her mind were struck by some spirit: stunned, oblivious, and yet faintly smiling.”
Supported by Lakshmana's arms, Rama stood, his face streaming with tears and palms folded, while the wretched Sita, glaring at me and the royal chariot, weeping.इत्यार्षे श्रीमद्रामायणे वाल्मीकीय आदिकाव्ये अयोध्याकाण्डे अष्टपञ्चाशस्सर्गः।।Thus ends the fiftyeighth sarga in Ayodhyakanda of the holy Ramayana, the first epic composed by sage Valmiki.
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Dharma’s burden is shown through innocent suffering: even the blameless endure pain when truth-bound vows and political actions collide.
Sumantra describes Sita’s shock and emotional disorientation as Rama departs for exile.
Sita’s deep attachment and purity of devotion, expressed through involuntary grief.