Ramayana — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 55, Shloka 18
रावणस्य सीताप्रलोभनम्
Ravana’s Attempt to Allure Sita
साधु किं तेऽन्यया बुद्ध्या रोचयस्व वचो मम।भजस्वमाभितप्तस्य प्रसादं कर्तुमर्हसि।।3.55.18।।
sādhu kiṃ te 'nyayā buddhyā rochayasva vaco mama |
bhajasva m ābhitaptasya prasādaṃ kartum arhasi ||3.55.18||
ভালো, অন্য চিন্তায় তোমার কী লাভ? আমার বাক্য গ্রহণ করো। আমি কামনায় দগ্ধ; তুমি আমার প্রতি প্রসাদ প্রদর্শন করতে যোগ্য।
O Sita dear ! be my chief queen among the many thousands of women I have married.
FAQs
Dharma restrains kāma (desire) and rejects entitlement; demanding ‘favour’ from a harmed person inverts moral order and violates satya and compassion.
Rāvaṇa presses Sītā to comply, framing his desire as a reason she should grant him grace.
Sītā’s self-respect and adherence to dharma are implied: she is not responsible to soothe the wrongdoer’s desire.