Shloka 37
सीताहरण
विलापः / The Lament at Jatāyu and the Abduction of Sītā
जलप्रपातास्रमुखाश्शृङ्गैरुच्छ्रितबाहुभिः।सीतायां ह्रियमाणायां विक्रोशन्तीव पर्वताः।।।।
jala-prapātāśru-mukhāḥ śṛṅgair ucchrita-bāhubhiḥ |
sītāyāṃ hriyamāṇāyāṃ vikrośantīva parvatāḥ ||
Mientras Sītā era llevada lejos, las montañas parecían gemir: derramaban lágrimas en cascadas y alzaban sus cumbres como brazos levantados.
The mountains were shedding tears in the form of waterfalls, and crying with hands lifted up in the form of peaks, while Sita was being carried away.
FAQs
The verse communicates that adharma disrupts the whole order: the natural world ‘laments,’ implying that injustice is not private but cosmic, calling for restoration through righteous action.
In the climactic moment of the abduction, the landscape is poetically animated: mountains ‘weep’ through waterfalls as Sītā is taken away.
Sītā’s moral significance and purity—her suffering is depicted as so grave that even the mountains respond in grief.