Shloka 6.48.25
सीताविलापः—त्रिजटासान्त्वनं च (Sita’s Lament and Trijata’s Consolation)
इदंविमानंवैदेही पुष्पकंनामनामतः ।दिव्यंत्वांदारयन्नैवंयद्येतौगतजीवितौ ।।।।
idaṃ vimānaṃ vaidehī puṣpakaṃ nāma nāmataḥ | divyaṃ tvāṃ dhārayann evaṃ yady etau gatajīvitau ||
Vaidehī, this divine aerial car—named Puṣpaka—would not have carried you in this way, if those two had truly lost their lives.
"Vaidehi! Indeed, this aerial car called Pushpaka which is an auspicious one would not have brought you if they are ceased of life."
Dharma here is compassionate truth-speaking: offering reassurance grounded in reason rather than panic, sustaining hope without abandoning sincerity.
Sītā fears that Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa have been slain; the speaker argues from signs and circumstances (including the Puṣpaka’s arrival) that they are not dead.
Steadfast discernment (viveka) joined with empathy—calm reasoning used to relieve another’s despair.