Shloka 2.27.14
सीताया वनगमननिश्चयः (Sita’s Resolve to Accompany Rama to the Forest)
सह त्वया गमिष्यामि वनमद्य न संशयः।नाहं शक्या महाभाग निवर्तयितुमुद्यता।।।।
kim idaṃ bhāṣase rāma vākyaṃ laghutayā dhruvam |
tvayā yad apahāsyaṃ me śrutvā naravarātmaja ||
Why, Rāma, do you speak such words so lightly and with such certainty? O prince—were you to hear these very words spoken to you, you would surely find them laughable.
There is no doudt that I shall go with you to the forest today. O distinguished one! I cannot be restrained from this resolve.
It highlights accountability and fairness in speech: one should not minimize another’s duty or pain with casual words; Dharma requires empathy and measured, truthful counsel.
Sītā responds to Rāma’s attempt to dissuade her from accompanying him to exile, challenging the lightness of his reasoning.
Sītā’s moral clarity and firmness—she tests the consistency of Rāma’s words by applying them back to him.