Shloka 50
सीताविलापः
Sita’s Lament and Prophecy of Lanka’s Ruin
प्रियान्न संभवेद्दुःखमप्रियादधिकं भयम्।।।।ताभ्यां हि ये वियुज्यन्ते नमस्तेषां महात्मनाम्।
priyān na saṃbhaved duḥkham apriyād adhikaṃ bhayam | tābhyāṃ hi ye viyujyante namas teṣāṃ mahātmanām ||
Dari yang menyenangkan, duka tidak timbul; dari yang tidak menyenangkan, ketakutan berlebihan pun tidak muncul—bagi para mahatma yang telah melepaskan diri dari keduanya. Sembah sujud bagiku kepada mereka.
"Salutations to those exalted souls who have distanced themselves from pleasure and displeasure. Pleasures may not lead to suffering or displeasure to excessive, meaningless fear for such great souls.
FAQs
Detachment from pleasure and pain supports ethical clarity: when one is not ruled by attraction or aversion, fear and grief lose their power.
Sītā, suffering emotional extremes, honors the sages’ equanimity as an ideal beyond the swings of delight and distress.
Samatā (even-mindedness) and fearlessness born from renunciation (viyoga from priya-apriya).