Valmiki Ramayana 5.21.33: Sundara Kanda, Sarga 21, Shloka 33
सीताया रावणं प्रति धर्मोपदेशः
Sita’s Dharmic Admonition to Ravana
क्षिप्रं तव स नाथो मे रामः सौमित्रिणा सह।।।।तोयमल्पमिवादित्यः प्राणानादास्यते शरैः।
kṣipraṃ tava sa nātho me rāmaḥ saumitriṇā saha |
toyam alpam ivādityaḥ prāṇān ādāsyate śaraiḥ ||
ほどなく我が主ラーマは、サウミトリーと共に、矢によって汝の命を奪うであろう。太陽がわずかな水をたちまち吸い上げるように。
"The wives of others will insult an evil-minded man who is not satisfied with his own wives, is fickle-minded and has no control over his senses.
FAQs
Dharma is protective and decisive: when violated, righteous action (punishment of wrongdoing) follows without delay.
Sītā foretells Rāma’s swift vengeance and uses a nature simile (sun evaporating water) to stress inevitability.
Confidence in dharma and in Rāma’s righteous power.
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