Shloka 5.25.10
सीताविलापः (Sita’s Lament amid Rākṣasī Threats)
सा निःश्वसन्ती दुःखार्ता शोकोपहतचेतना।आर्ता व्यसृजदश्रूणि मैथिली विललाप च।।5.25.10।।
sā niḥśvasantī duḥkhārtā śokopahatacetanā |
ārtā vyasṛjad aśrūṇi maithilī vilalāpa ca ||5.25.10||
Sighing, afflicted by sorrow, her mind struck down by grief, Maithilī in distress let her tears flow and lamented aloud.
The distressed Mythili, her consciousness drowned in grief, sighing, shed streams of tears.
It underscores compassion and the recognition of unjust suffering: dharma is contrasted with the cruelty that produces such grief.
Isolated in captivity, Sītā’s sorrow intensifies; she sighs, weeps, and begins to lament.
Emotional honesty coupled with endurance—grief is expressed without surrendering moral resolve.