Shloka 5.27.15
त्रिजटास्वप्नवर्णनम् (Trijata’s Dream-Omens and the Rakshasis’ Reversal)
भर्तुरङ्कात्समुत्पत्य ततः कमललोचना।।5.27.15।।चन्द्रसूर्यौ मया दृष्टा पाणिना परिमार्जती।
tatastasya nagasyāgre hyākāśasthasya dantinaḥ |
bhartrā parigṛhītasya jānakī skandham āśritā ||5.27.14||
Then, before that mountain, Jānakī took her place upon the shoulder of an elephant poised in the sky, held and steadied by her husband.
"Then I saw the lotus-eyed Sita springing up from the lap of her husband and playfully caressing the Moon and Sun with her palms.
The verse suggests dharmic protection: the husband’s supportive hold implies responsibility and guardianship, a key facet of household and royal dharma.
In the dream-vision, Sītā is depicted being supported by her husband and placed upon a sky-moving elephant near a mountain.
Protective duty and steadiness: the husband’s act of holding/supporting signifies responsible strength guided by care.