Shloka 4
सीताया यशोधर्मविचारः
Sita’s Counsel on Honor, Rescue-Strategy, and Hanuman’s Reassurance
मम चाप्यल्पभाग्यायास्सान्निध्यात्तव वीर्यवन्।अस्य शोकविपाकस्य मुहूर्तं स्याद्विमोक्षणम्।।।।
mama cāpy alpabhāgyāyāḥ sānnidhyāt tava vīryavan |
asya śokavipākasya muhūrtaṁ syād vimokṣaṇam ||
Und mir, so unglückselig, würde deine Gegenwart, o Kraftvoller, wenigstens einen Augenblick der Befreiung von dieser gereiften Last des Kummers schenken.
'You will hear before long the shouts of generals of the vanaras who resemble rainclouds on the mountain roaring like lions from the Malaya mountain of Lanka.
FAQs
Dharma is expressed as mutual support: the righteous do not abandon the afflicted; even a brief, truthful reassurance can be a moral act of care.
Sītā explains why she wants Hanumān to stay: his nearness temporarily eases the intensity of her grief in Laṅkā.
Sītā’s honest self-disclosure and her valuing of steadfast companionship.