सीताया वनगमननिश्चयः
Sita’s Resolve to Accompany Rama to the Forest
भक्तां पतिव्रतां दीनां मां समां सुखदुःखयोः।नेतुमर्हसि काकुत्स्थ समान सुखदुःखिनीम्।।।।
bhaktāṃ pativratāṃ dīnāṃ māṃ samāṃ sukhaduḥkhayoḥ | netum arhasi kākutstha samāna-sukhaduḥkhinīm ||
カクツタよ、献身的で貞淑な私を連れて行ってください。私は苦楽を共にし、あなたと運命を分かち合います。
If you do not wish to take your wife in this time of distress to the forest I shall die by consuming poison or throwing myself into fire or drowning in water.
Shared dharma in marriage: true partnership is measured by equal participation in hardship and duty, not only in comfort.
Sītā intensifies her plea, presenting herself as emotionally and ethically prepared to share exile with Rāma.
Loyalty and equanimity (sama-bhāva): Sītā claims steadiness across pleasure and pain as her defining virtue.
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