Shloka 6.120.9
रामस्तवः — ब्रह्मणा रामस्य नारायणत्वप्रकाशनम् (Rama-Stava: Brahma Reveals Rama’s Nārāyaṇa Identity)
अन्तेचादौ च लोकानांदृश्यसे च परन्तप ।।।।उपेक्षसे च वैदेहींमानुषःप्राकृतोयथा ।
ante cādau ca lokānāṃ dṛśyase ca parantapa |
upekṣase ca vaidehīṃ mānuṣaḥ prākṛto yathā ||6.120.9||
O scorcher of foes, you are seen at the beginning and at the end of worlds; yet you looked on at Vaidehī as though you were merely an ordinary human.
"O Tormentor of enemies! You are at the beginning and at the end of the world. You are looking like a common man would look at Sita, when she was falling into pyre."
It underlines that dharma may require adopting human limitations and social procedures, even when inner truth is already known—so that public trust in righteousness is maintained.
The gods remark that Rāma, cosmic in scope, behaved outwardly like an ordinary man during Sītā’s fire ordeal.
Commitment to maryādā (social-ethical order) and restraint—bearing the appearance of ignorance to uphold a larger dharmic standard.