Shloka 5.15.45

अशोकवनिकायां सीतादर्शनम् (Sita Seen in the Ashoka Grove)

Devanagari script

पीतं कनकपट्टाभं स्रस्तं तद्वसनं शुभम्।उत्तरीयं नगासक्तं तदा दृष्टं प्लवङ्गमैः।।।।

Transliteration

pītaṃ kanakapaṭṭābhaṃ srastaṃ tad vasanaṃ śubham |

uttarīyaṃ nagāsaktaṃ tadā dṛṣṭaṃ plavaṅgamaiḥ ||

Translation

“That auspicious upper garment—yellow, gleaming like cloth of gold—had slipped away; and when it caught upon a tree, the monkeys saw it there.”

Context

"The shining yellow upper garment like a golden cloth was torn. Flung down, it stuck to a tree which the monkeys noticed.

Characters & Entities

• Hanumān
• vanaras (plavaṅgamas)
• Sītā (implied through garment)
• uttarīya (upper garment)
• tree (naga)

FAQs

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

Truth is preserved through reliable remembrance and witness: details seen by the vanaras become moral evidence supporting a righteous rescue.

What is the narrative situation?

Hanumān recalls/infers signs from Sītā’s abduction—her garment catching on a tree and being noticed by the vanaras.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Smṛti and pramāṇikatā (accurate memory and evidentiary thinking) in service of dharma.