Shloka 12
शरत्प्रवेशे रामविलापः तथा सुग्रीवप्रमादे लक्ष्मणप्रेषणम्
Autumn’s Onset: Rama’s Lament and Lakshmana Sent to Sugriva
अपि तां मद्वियोगाच्छ सौकुमार्याच्च भामिनीम्।सुदूरं पीडयेत्कामश्शरद्गुणनिरन्तरः।।
api tāṃ madviyogāc ca saukumāryāc ca bhāminīm |
sudūraṃ pīḍayet kāmaḥ śaradguṇanirantaraḥ ||4.30.12||
あの麗しき人は、かくもか弱く、しかも私と離れたゆえに、きっと激しく苦しめられている。欲情を呼び起こす秋の尽きぬ美しささえ、遠くにある彼女の痛みをいよいよ深めるだけだろう。
'I think even the charm of autumn must be always tormenting that lovely lady, as she is very far from me. She is too delicate to suffer the agony of separation.'
FAQs
Empathy as dharma: Rāma measures suffering not by his own loneliness alone but by Sītā’s vulnerability, modeling righteous concern for another’s hardship.
Rāma imagines Sītā’s condition in captivity and separation, fearing seasonal beauty may intensify longing and distress.
Dayā (compassion) coupled with responsibility—his sorrow is tied to protective duty.