Shloka 3.52.40
सीताहरण-विलापः / The Lament at Jatāyu and the Abduction of Sītā
वित्रस्तका दीनमुखा रुरुदुर्मृगपोतकाः।।।।उद्वीक्ष्योद्वीक्ष्य नयनैरस्रपाताविलेक्षणाः।
hriyamāṇāṃ tu vaidēhīṃ dṛṣṭvā dīno divākaraḥ |
pratidhvasta-prabhaḥ śrīmān āsīt pāṇḍara-maṇḍalaḥ ||
Seeing Vaidehī being carried away, the glorious Sun grew sorrowful; his radiance seemed dimmed, and a pale halo formed around his disk.
The young deer full of fear and distress looked again and again with eyes blurred with tears at the direction in which Sita went. And wept.
The verse suggests that adharma is not merely personal wrongdoing but a rupture in the moral-cosmic order; even the Sun is portrayed as reacting to the injustice.
As Sītā is abducted, nature and the cosmos respond with ominous, sorrowful signs.
Sītā’s inherent sanctity and moral centrality—her violation registers as a universal ethical disturbance.