Shloka 2.65.15
अयोध्याकाण्डे पञ्चषष्टितमः सर्गः — Daśaratha’s Death Discovered in the Palace (Morning Rites Turn to Lament)
अथ सन्देहमानानां स्त्रीणां दृष्ट्वा च पार्थिवम्।यत्तदाशङ्कितं पापं तस्य जज्ञे विनिश्चयः।।।।
atha sandehamānānāṃ strīṇāṃ dṛṣṭvā ca pārthivam |
yat tad āśaṅkitaṃ pāpaṃ tasya jajñe viniścayaḥ ||
Then, as the women, still wavering in doubt, looked closely upon the king, the dreadful fear they had suspected hardened into certainty.
Having seen the king more closely, those women who were apprehensive till then, became certain of the inevitable.
Satya (truth) asserts itself: uncertainty gives way to acceptance of reality, even when that reality is painful and inauspicious.
On closer inspection, the attendants become convinced that the feared calamity—Daśaratha’s death—has occurred.
Truth-facing clarity: the movement from doubt to firm recognition of what is, without self-deception.