Sarga 93: Rāvaṇa’s Grief and Fury after Indrajit’s Fall; Move to Slay Vaidehī and Ministerial Restraint
साहिजन्म च बाल्यं च यौवनं च महात्मनः ।धर्मकार्याणिरूपं च रुदतीसंस्मरिष्यति ।।।।
sā hi janma ca bālyaṃ ca yauvanaṃ ca mahātmanaḥ | dharma-kāryāṇi rūpaṃ ca rudatī saṃsmariṣyati ||
Sie wird weinen und immer wieder des großherzigen Mannes gedenken: seiner Geburt, seiner Kindheit, seiner Jugend, seiner dharmischen Taten und sogar seiner Gestalt.
'Kausalya will think her only son has been killed in the battle. I think her heart would break'.
Dharma is memorialized as a life-pattern: Rāma’s identity is defined by dharma-kārya, and remembrance of righteousness becomes a moral testimony.
Sītā continues imagining Kauśalyā’s mourning if she receives news of Rāma’s death.
Rāma’s dhārmic character—his ‘righteous deeds’ are highlighted as central to who he is.