Shloka 3.54.4
सीताहरणोत्तरं लङ्काप्रवेशः — Sita’s Abduction and Ravana’s Entry into Lanka
पिङ्गाक्षास्तां विशालाक्षीं नेत्रैरनिमिषैरिव।।।।विक्रोशन्तीं तथा सीतां ददृशुर्वानरर्षभाः।
tāṃ jahāra susaṃhṛṣṭo rāvaṇo mṛtyum ātmanaḥ |
utsaṅgena iva bhujagīṃ tīkṣṇadaṃṣṭrāṃ mahāviṣām ||
Exulting, Rāvaṇa carried her away—though she was his very death—like a man who lifts onto his lap a sharp-fanged, most venomous she-serpent.
The best among the tawney-eyed monkeys gazed, without blinking, at the large-eyed Sita lamenting.
Unrighteous desire blinds one to consequences; adharma carries its own punishment, becoming the very cause of downfall.
Rāvaṇa rejoices while abducting Sītā, unaware she is the catalyst of his destruction.
Implicitly, dharma’s protective power around Sītā—she is portrayed as untouchable by adharma without it rebounding upon the perpetrator.