Shloka 3.63.6
सीतावियोगे रामविलापः — Rama’s Lament in Separation from Sita
सर्वं तु दुःखं मम लक्ष्मणेदं शान्तं शरीरे वनमेत्य शून्यम्।सीतावियोगात्पुनरप्युदीर्णं काष्ठैरिवाग्निस्सहसा प्रदीप्तः।।।।
sā nūnam āryā mama rākṣasena balād dhṛtā khaṃ samupetya bhīruḥ |
apasvaraṃ sasvaravipralāpā bhayena vikranditavaty abhīkṣṇam ||
Surely my noble lady—timid at heart—was seized by force by a rākṣasa and carried up into the sky; in fear, crying out again and again, she must have lamented aloud, her voice breaking.
O Lakshmana, all this sorrow calmed down when I came to this solitary forest. But with Sita's separation, it was rekindled just as fire blazes forth again with logs of wood.
The verse underscores the kṣatriya-dharma of protection: Rama’s anguish centers on Sita’s vulnerability and the duty to rescue the harmed and the innocent.
Rama infers Sita’s forced abduction and imagines her repeated cries while being carried through the sky.
Empathy and protective resolve—Rama’s mind dwells on Sita’s fear, motivating righteous action.