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Shloka 3.56.7

सीताया रावणनिन्दा — अशोकवनिकाप्रवेशः (Sita’s Rebuke of Ravana; Removal to the Ashoka Grove)

तस्य ज्याविप्रमुक्तास्ते शराः काञ्चनभूषणाः।शरीरं विधमिष्यन्ति गङ्गाकूलमिवोर्मयः।।।।

tasya jyā-vipramuktās te śarāḥ kāñcana-bhūṣaṇāḥ |

śarīraṃ vidhamiṣyanti gaṅgā-kūlam ivormayaḥ ||

Released from his bowstring, those arrows—adorned with gold—will shatter your body, as waves batter and break the bank of the Gaṅgā.

The gold-tipped arrows released from his bow-string will shatter your body like the waves erode the banks of river Ganga.

R
Rāma (implied)
R
Rāvaṇa
G
Gaṅgā
A
arrows (śarāḥ)

The verse reinforces the certainty of dharmic justice: violence and abduction invite rightful punishment; the moral order is not indefinitely escapable.

Sītā continues her warning, vividly describing the inevitable destruction Rāvaṇa will face from Rāma’s arrows.

Moral fearlessness and truthfulness: Sītā speaks plainly of consequences, refusing to be psychologically subdued.