Shloka 6.117.17
सीतासमीपगमनम् / Sītā Brought Near to Rāma (Public Witness and Protocol)
तामागतामुपश्रुत्यरक्षोगृहचिरोषिताम् ।हर्षोदैन्यंच रोषश्चत्रयंराघवमाविशत् ।।।।
tām āgatām upaśrutya rakṣo-gṛha-cirōṣitām |
harṣo dainyaṃ ca roṣaś ca trayaṃ rāghavam āviśat ||
Hearing that she had come—she who had long dwelt in the rākṣasa’s house—three feelings seized Rāghava at once: joy, dejection, and anger.
On hearing that Sita had arrived, who stayed in Rakshasa's abode for long, Raghava had experienced joy, indignation, and anger, all the three at the same time.
Dharma is shown as inner conflict between personal love and kingly responsibility: Rāma’s mixed emotions foreshadow the tension between private attachment and public standards of conduct.
As Sītā’s arrival is reported, the narrative describes Rāma’s simultaneous surge of joy (reunion), pain (what she endured), and anger (at the injustice and captivity).
Rāma’s seriousness and moral sensitivity—he does not react simplistically but registers the full ethical weight of what has occurred.