Shloka 12
सीतावियोगे रामस्य विलापः
Rama’s Lament and Inquiry on Sita’s Disappearance
सुकुमारी च बाला च नित्यं चादुःखदर्शिनी।मद्वियोगेन वैदेही व्यक्तं शोचति दुर्मनाः।।।।
sukumārī ca bālā ca nityaṃ cāduḥkha-darśinī | mad-viyogena vaidehī vyaktaṃ śocati durmanāḥ ||
Vaidehī est délicate et jeune, et n’a jamais connu la vue de la souffrance. Séparée de moi, elle se lamente sûrement, l’esprit accablé.
Vaidehi is delicate, young and she has never faced any sorrow.She will be certainly disheartened due to separation from me.
FAQs
Dharma includes empathy and care for vulnerability: recognizing another’s fragility and suffering is part of righteous conduct and motivates protective action.
With Sītā absent, Rāma reflects on her tender upbringing and infers that separation from him would cause her intense sorrow.
Compassionate understanding—Rāma imaginatively enters Sītā’s emotional state rather than treating events only as strategy.