Shloka 11
सीताविलापः
Sita’s Lament and Resolve under Threat
हा राम सत्यव्रत दीर्घबाहो
हा पूर्णचन्द्रप्रतिमानवक्त्र।
हा जीवलोकस्य हितः प्रियश्च
वध्यां न मां वेत्सि हि राक्षसानाम्।।5.28.11।।
hā rāma satya-vrata dīrgha-bāho
hā pūrṇa-candra-pratimāna-vaktra |
hā jīva-lokasya hitaḥ priyaś ca
vadhyāṁ na māṁ vetsi hi rākṣasānām || 5.28.11 ||
Weh mir, o Rāma, der du im Wahrheitsgelübde standhaft bist, du Langarmiger! Weh mir, o du, dessen Antlitz dem Vollmond gleicht! Weh mir, Wohltäter und Geliebter der Welt der Lebenden — weißt du denn nicht, dass die Rākṣasas mich zum Tode bestimmt haben?
"Alas, O long-armed one unfailing in vows, whose face shines like the full moon. Alas, beloved of all the worlds! you are dear to every one. How is it that you are not aware that I am going to be killed by the demons?
FAQs
Satya and dharma are invoked as protective forces: Sītā appeals to Rāma’s truth-bound nature, implying that righteousness must respond to the suffering caused by adharma.
Sītā, terrified after Rāvaṇa’s ultimatum, cries out internally to Rāma, fearing imminent death at the hands of the rākṣasas.
Rāma’s satya-vrata (unfailing commitment to truth and vows) is foregrounded as the defining virtue that will ultimately restore moral order.