Shloka 2
अरण्यकाण्डे एकोनषष्टितमः सर्गः
Maricha’s Mimic Cry and the Rama–Lakshmana–Sita Confrontation
तमुवाच किमर्थं त्वमागतोऽपास्य मैथिलीम्।यदा सा तव विश्वासाद्वने विरहिता मया।।।।
tam uvāca kimarthaṃ tvam āgato 'pāsya maithilīm | yadā sā tava viśvāsād vane virahitā mayā ||
قالت له: «لِمَ جئتَ إلى هنا وقد تركتَ ميثِلي وراءك، وأنا إنما تركتُها وحيدةً في الغابة اعتماداً على ثقتي بك؟»
Why did you come, leaving the princess from Mithila alone in the forest when I had left her under your trust ?
FAQs
It frames dharma as entrusted responsibility: when protection is assigned in trust, abandoning that duty appears (to the speaker) as a moral breach.
Sītā challenges Lakṣmaṇa for leaving her alone, interpreting his departure as neglect of the protective charge.
The virtue of guardianship and accountability—being faithful to a trust placed by elders or superiors.