Ramayana — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 21, Shloka 14
सीताया रावणं प्रति धर्मोपदेशः
Sita’s Dharmic Admonition to Ravana
एवं त्वां पापकर्माणं वक्ष्यन्ति निकृता जनाः।।।।दिष्ट्यैतद्व्यसनं प्राप्तो रौद्र इत्येव हर्षिताः।
evaṃ tvāṃ pāpakarmāṇaṃ vakṣyanti nikṛtā janāḥ | diṣṭyaitad vyasanaṃ prāpto raudra ity eva harṣitāḥ ||
汝に欺かれ辱められた人々はこう言うだろう。「幸いにも、あの残忍で憤怒の罪人が災厄に遭った」と、喜びに満ちて。
"Seeing you, getting ruined this way for your sin, those who were angry with you for their humiliation in your hands will feel glad and say 'Luckily this terrible fellow has met with his doom' .
FAQs
Adharma brings public censure and inevitable ruin; wrongdoing (pāpa-karma) culminates in suffering (vyasana), and society recognizes the moral consequence.
In Aśoka-vana, Sītā rejects Rāvaṇa and warns him that his oppressive actions will end in calamity, which even his victims will celebrate as justice.
Sītā’s moral clarity and fearlessness: she speaks satya (truth) about karma and consequence even while threatened.