Shloka 9
सीतावियोगे रामस्य विलापः
Rama’s Lament and Inquiry on Sita’s Disappearance
यदि जीवति वैदेही गमिष्याम्याश्रमं पुनः।सुवृत्ता यदि वृत्ता प्राणांस्त्यक्ष्यामि लक्ष्मण।।।।
yadi jīvati vaidehī gamiṣyāmy āśramaṃ punaḥ |
suvṛttā yadi vṛttā prāṇāṃs tyakṣyāmi lakṣmaṇa ||
ラクシュマナよ、ヴァイデーヒーが生きているならばこそ、私は再び庵へ戻ろう。だが、あの徳高き御方が亡びたのなら、私はこの命を捨てる。
O Lakshmana, only if Vaidehi is alive will I enter the cottage again or else I will give upmy life if that virtuous lady is no more.
FAQs
It underscores the sanctity of marital commitment; Rama frames life itself as secondary to righteous union and responsibility toward Sita.
Rama is searching for Sita; he declares he cannot resume normal life in the forest if she is not alive.
Unshakeable loyalty and single-hearted resolve, though expressed through extreme grief.