Shloka 5.21.33
सीताया रावणं प्रति धर्मोपदेशः (Sita’s Dharmic Admonition to Ravana)
क्षिप्रं तव स नाथो मे रामः सौमित्रिणा सह।।।।तोयमल्पमिवादित्यः प्राणानादास्यते शरैः।
evam uktvā tu vaidehī rāvaṇaṃ taṃ yaśasvinī |
rākṣasaṃ pṛṣṭhataḥ kṛtvā bhūyo vacanam abravīt ||
Having spoken thus, the illustrious Vaidehī placed that rākṣasa Rāvaṇa behind her and spoke again.
"My lord Rama accompanied by Saumitri will draw out your life by his arrows swiftly as Aditya sucks up shallow water at once by his radiance.
Moral refusal includes social and symbolic acts: turning one’s back signifies non-consent and rejection of adharma.
After condemning Rāvaṇa’s proposal, Sītā physically distances herself and continues her admonition.
Dignity and moral clarity—Sītā refuses to even face wrongdoing.