Shloka 6.48.34
सीताविलापः—त्रिजटासान्त्वनं च (Sita’s Lament and Trijata’s Consolation)
शुत्वातुवचनंतस्याःसीतासुरसुतोपमा ।कृताञ्जलिरुवाचेमामेवमस्त्वितिमैथिलि ।।।।
ūcuḥ saṃśravaṇe ye māṃ dvijāḥ kārtāntikāḥ śubhām |
te 'dya sarve hate rāme jñānino 'nṛtavādinaḥ ||
“If Rāma has been slain today, then those brāhmaṇas and astrologers who promised me an auspicious destiny—those reputed as wise—have all spoken falsely.”
Sita who was like deity, on hearing the words of consolation, spoken by Trijata, greeted Trijata with palms together.
The verse foregrounds Satya (truth) as a moral measure: if Rama is truly slain, then social authorities who claimed auspicious destiny would be exposed as untruthful. It shows Sita’s insistence that reality must align with truth and righteousness.
Sita, confined in Lanka, reacts in anguish to news and uncertainty about Rama’s fate, interpreting it against earlier assurances of auspicious signs and predictions.
Sita’s commitment to Satya and moral coherence—she tests claims of ‘wisdom’ against lived reality rather than accepting comforting words blindly.