Shloka 22
सीताहरणम्
Ravana reveals his true form and abducts Sita
तामकामां स कामार्तः पन्नगेन्द्रवधूमिव।।3.49.22।।विवेष्टमानामादाय उत्पपाताथ रावणः।
tām akāmāṃ sa kāmārtaḥ pannagendravadhūm iva | viveṣṭamānām ādāya utpapāta atha rāvaṇaḥ ||
欲に苦しむラーヴァナは、望まぬまま身をよじる彼女を――蛇王の花嫁のように――つかみ取り、そしてそのまま空へと跳び上がった。
Passionate Ravana took hold of Sita who was not willing and was writhing in pain. He seized her like (an eagle carrying away) a serpent queen and flew up.
FAQs
Unchecked kāma becomes adharma: desire that overrides another’s will is condemned by the narrative as a moral collapse leading to violence.
Rāvaṇa forcibly takes Sītā and begins the aerial abduction.
Sītā’s resistance is emphasized as moral clarity—she does not consent and actively struggles against wrongdoing.