Shloka 2
सीताविलापः
Sita’s Lament and Prophecy of Lanka’s Ruin
उन्मत्तेव प्रमत्तेव भ्रान्तचित्तेव शोचती।उपावृत्ता किशोरीव विवेष्टन्ती महीतले।।।।
unmatteva pramatt eva bhrāntacitteva śocatī | upāvṛttā kiśorīva viveṣṭantī mahītale ||
Klagend wie eine Wahnsinnige, wie eine Benommene, als wäre ihr Geist verwirrt, wälzte und wand sie sich am Boden wie eine junge Stute.
Bewildered or distracted or intoxicated, this young lady wailed, wallowing round on the ground like a young female horse:
FAQs
Recognition of suffering caused by adharma: the epic invites compassion and a commitment to restore righteousness by ending unjust violence and abduction.
Sītā’s intense grief is described physically—she cries and writhes on the earth in Laṅkā’s captivity.
Sītā’s endurance under trauma, and the narrative’s cultivation of karuṇā (compassion) as an ethical response.