Shloka 3.60.33
सीतान्वेषणविलापः (Rama’s Lament and Search for Sita)
नूनं विक्षिप्यमाणौ तौ बाहू पल्लवकोमलौ।भक्षितौ वेपमानाग्रौ सहस्ताभरणाङ्गदौ।।3.60.33।।
nūnaṃ vikṣipyamāṇau tau bāhū pallavakomalaū | bhakṣitau vepamānāgraū sahastābharaṇāṅgadau || 3.60.33 ||
Surely those two arms—tender as fresh shoots, their fingertips trembling, adorned with bracelets and armlets—he imagines have been devoured while they were flung about in struggle.
Her arms, delicate like tender leaves, their tips (fingers) quivering, adorned with armlets and bracelets have surely been eaten away.
The dharmic worldview treats violence against the innocent as a collapse of moral order; Rāma’s vivid lament highlights the duty to resist adharma and protect the righteous.
Rāma’s fear escalates into detailed images of Sītā struggling and being harmed.
Moral sensitivity—Rāma is not indifferent to suffering; his grief testifies to his ethical awareness.