Shloka 3.58.12

सीतावियोगे रामस्य विलापः — Rama’s Lament and Inquiry on Sita’s Disappearance

Devanagari script

सुकुमारी च बाला च नित्यं चादुःखदर्शिनी।मद्वियोगेन वैदेही व्यक्तं शोचति दुर्मनाः।।।।

Transliteration

sukumārī ca bālā ca nityaṃ cāduḥkha-darśinī | mad-viyogena vaidehī vyaktaṃ śocati durmanāḥ ||

Translation

Vaidehī is delicate and young, and ever one who had not beheld suffering. Separated from me, she surely grieves, her mind distressed.

Context

Vaidehi is delicate, young and she has never faced any sorrow.She will be certainly disheartened due to separation from me.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Vaidehī (Sītā)

FAQs

What is the core ethical principle (Dharma) in this verse?

Dharma includes empathy and care for vulnerability: recognizing another’s fragility and suffering is part of righteous conduct and motivates protective action.

What is the narrative situation?

With Sītā absent, Rāma reflects on her tender upbringing and infers that separation from him would cause her intense sorrow.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Compassionate understanding—Rāma imaginatively enters Sītā’s emotional state rather than treating events only as strategy.