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Shloka 6.47.12

पुष्पकविमानेन सीताया युद्धभूमिदर्शनम् (Sita Shown the Battlefield in the Pushpaka)

ततःपुष्पकमादायराक्षस्योरावणाज्ञया ।।।।अशोकवनिकास्थांतांमैथिलींसमुपानयन् ।

tataḥ puṣpakam ādāya rākṣasyo rāvaṇājñayā | aśokavanikāsthāṃ tāṃ maithilīṃ samupānayan ||

Then, by Rāvaṇa’s order, the rākṣasī women took the Puṣpaka and approached Maithilī, who was staying in the Aśoka grove.

Thereafter, by Ravana's order the Rakshasas went with the aerial car to Mythili in the Ashoka Garden.

R
Rāvaṇa
S
Sītā (Maithilī)
A
Aśokavanikā (Aśoka grove)
P
Puṣpaka (vimāna)
R
rākṣasī women

The verse situates Sītā’s captivity—an adharma act—against which dharma later restores justice; it also shows how power misuses command to sustain wrongdoing.

Rāvaṇa’s attendants go to the Aśoka grove to fetch Sītā using the Puṣpaka chariot.

Sītā’s endurance (kṣānti) is implicit: she remains steadfast in confinement while others maneuver around her.