Shloka 7
सीताविलापः
Sita’s Lament and Resolve under Threat
दुःखं बतेदं मम दुःखिताया
मासौ चिरायाधिगमिष्यतो द्वौ।
बद्धस्य वध्यस्य तथा निशान्ते
राजापराधादिव तस्करस्य।।5.28.7।।
duḥkhaṃ batedaṃ mama duḥkhitāyā māsau cirāyādhigamiṣyato dvau | baddhasya vadhyasya tathā niśānte rājāparādhād iva taskarasya ||5.28.7||
Ach, welch ein Elend in meinem Leid: Zwei Monate werden wie eine Ewigkeit vergehen. Ich bin wie ein zum Tode verurteilter Dieb, der den König beleidigt hat und die Nacht bis zum Morgengrauen ertragen muss.
"Alas, two months is too long a time to wait in grief. I am like a thief captured for offending a king and waiting overnight for execution at day-break.
FAQs
The moral weight of unjust captivity: dharma recognizes the cruelty of punishing the innocent; Sītā’s comparison highlights the anguish of awaiting an undeserved death.
Sītā reflects that the time granted by Rāvaṇa feels unbearably long, like a condemned prisoner awaiting execution.
Inner fortitude and truthful self-expression in suffering.