Shloka 3.52.41
सीताहरण-विलापः / The Lament at Jatāyu and the Abduction of Sītā
सुप्रवेपितगात्राश्च बभूवुर्वनदेवताः।।।।विक्रोशन्तीं दृढं सीतां दृष्ट्वा दुःखं तथा गताम्।
nāsti dharmaḥ kutas satyaṃ nārjavaṃ nānṛśaṃsatā |
yatra rāmasya vaidēhīṃ bhāryāṃ harati rāvaṇaḥ ||
iti sarvāṇi bhūtāni gaṇaśaḥ paryadevayan |
“Where Rāvaṇa carries off Rāma’s wife Vaidehī, there is no dharma—how could there be truth, uprightness, or compassion?” Thus all beings, in groups, lamented.
The sylvan deities shivered, seeing Sita's grief and cried aloud.
It asserts that dharma, satya (truth), ārjava (uprightness), and compassion are mutually reinforcing; an act like abducting another’s wife is a decisive sign of adharma that negates these virtues.
Immediately after Sītā’s abduction, the natural and living world responds with collective grief and moral outrage.
Rāma’s moral stature is implied: harming his blameless wife is portrayed as an assault on the very foundations of ethical life.