Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 93, Shloka 57
Sarga 93: Rāvaṇa’s Grief and Fury after Indrajit’s Fall; Move to Slay Vaidehī and Ministerial Restraint
मन्येतुहृदयंतस्याःकौसल्यायाःफलिष्यति ।एकपुत्रायदापुत्रंविनष्टंश्रोष्यतेयुधि ।।।।
manye tu hṛdayaṃ tasyāḥ kausalyāyāḥ phaliṣyati | eka-putrā yadā putraṃ vinaṣṭaṃ śroṣyate yudhi ||
I think Kauśalyā’s heart will break when she hears that her son—her only one—has perished in battle.
'I am a foolish woman. I did not follow Hanuman's advice and had I left mounted on his back, no doubt I would be on my husband 's lap. I did not think in this way'.
FAQs
Dharma here is compassion that extends beyond oneself: Sītā’s grief includes empathy for a mother’s suffering, reflecting the Ramayana’s ethic of shared human pain.
Sītā imagines the consequences at Ayodhyā if news arrives that Rāma has fallen in war.
Karunā (compassion)—Sītā thinks of Kauśalyā’s heart rather than only her own danger.