Shloka 19
न मेऽस्ति संशयो वीर सर्वथा जनकात्मजा।।।।विनष्टा भक्षिता वापि राक्षसैर्वनचारिभिः।अशुभान्येव भूयिष्ठं यथा प्रादुर्भवन्ति मे।।।।
na me ’sti saṃśayo vīra sarvathā janakātmajā |
vinaṣṭā bhakṣitā vāpi rākṣasair vanacāribhiḥ |
aśubhāny eva bhūyiṣṭhaṃ yathā prādurbhavanti me ||
勇士よ、我に疑いはない。ジャナカの娘は必ずや災いに遭った――迷い失せたか、あるいは森をさまよう羅刹どもに喰われたのだ。というのも、不吉な徴が次々と、いや増して我が前に現れるからだ。
O heroic Lakshmana I see many inauspicious omens. I think Sita might have been lost or eaten away by the demons of the forest. There is no doubt about it.
FAQs
Dharma under crisis: when danger is suspected, one must respond with urgency and truthful assessment, not denial—protective action follows clear recognition.
Seeing omens and Sītā’s absence, Rāma voices a grim suspicion that rākṣasas have harmed or taken her.
Rāma’s truth-orientation (satya-bhāva) even when painful—he confronts the worst possibility to drive decisive action.