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Shloka 6.47.9

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

निर्विशङ्कानिरुद्विग्नानिरपेक्षाचमैथिली ।मामुपस्थास्यतेसीतासर्वाभरणभूषिता ।।।।

nirviśaṅkā nirudvignā nirapekṣā ca maithilī |

mām upasthāsyate sītā sarvābharaṇabhūṣitā ||

“Then Maithilī—free of doubt, untroubled, and having abandoned hope—Sītā, adorned with every ornament, will wait upon me.”

"Mythili, rid of sorrow and free from perturbation, giving up hope (of Rama) can wait upon me adorned with all kinds of jewels."

S
Sītā (Maithilī)
R
Rāvaṇa

The verse exposes adharma as the desire to obtain compliance through despair and display. Dharma insists that relationships and choices must be rooted in truth and consent, not coercion.

Rāvaṇa anticipates that once Sītā believes Rāma is dead, she will abandon hope and submit, even being ornamented like a captive prize.

By contrast and implication: Sītā’s integrity—she is not swayed by luxury or intimidation in the larger narrative.