Shloka 34
सीताया रावणनिन्दा — अशोकवनिकाप्रवेशः
Sita’s Rebuke of Ravana; Removal to the Ashoka Grove
सा तु शोकपरीताङ्गी मैथिली जनकात्मजा।राक्षसीवशमापन्ना व्याघ्रीणां हरिणी यथा।।।।
sā tu śoka-parītāṅgī maithilī janakātmajā |
rākṣasī-vaśam āpannā vyāghrīṇāṃ hariṇī yathā ||
Doch Maithilī, Janakas Tochter, am ganzen Leib von Kummer umhüllt, geriet in die Gewalt der Rākṣasīs – wie eine Hirschkuh unter Tigerinnen.
Sita, daughter of Janaka, engulfed in grief found herself like a doe under the control of tigresses.
FAQs
Dharma includes protection of the vulnerable; predatory domination over the innocent is condemned. The simile frames adharma as the strong terrorizing the weak.
Sītā, newly abducted, is surrounded and controlled by demonesses, and her fear and grief are emphasized through vivid animal imagery.
Sītā’s endurance (kṣānti) is emphasized—she suffers without abandoning truth or righteousness.