Shloka 6.119.3
सीताया अग्निप्रवेशः (Sita’s Ordeal by Fire / Agni-Pariksha)
प्रविशन्तीवगात्राणिस्वानिसाजनकात्मजा ।वाक्षरैस्स्सैःसशल्येवभृशमाश्रूण्यवर्तयत् ।।।।
tato bāṣpa-pariklinnaṃ pramārjantī svam ānanam |
śanair gadgadayā vācā bhartāram idam abravīt ||
Then, wiping her own face wet with tears, she spoke to her husband—slowly, in a voice broken with sobs—these words.
As if pierced by those arrow-like words, Janaka's daughter shed tears excessively, shrinking into her own limbs.
Dharma here is disciplined self-expression: even in distress, one strives to speak truthfully and with composure, honoring relationships and moral responsibility.
Sītā, overwhelmed by grief, gathers herself and begins addressing Rāma directly.
Fortitude and integrity—Sītā steadies herself to articulate her truth despite emotional turmoil.