Shloka 2
सीताविलापः
Sita’s Lament and Prophecy of Lanka’s Ruin
उन्मत्तेव प्रमत्तेव भ्रान्तचित्तेव शोचती।उपावृत्ता किशोरीव विवेष्टन्ती महीतले।।।।
unmatteva pramatt eva bhrāntacitteva śocatī | upāvṛttā kiśorīva viveṣṭantī mahītale ||
狂えるがごとく、朦朧たるがごとく、心乱れたるがごとく嘆きつつ、その若き女は地に転がり、若い牝馬のようにもがき身をよじった。
Bewildered or distracted or intoxicated, this young lady wailed, wallowing round on the ground like a young female horse:
FAQs
Recognition of suffering caused by adharma: the epic invites compassion and a commitment to restore righteousness by ending unjust violence and abduction.
Sītā’s intense grief is described physically—she cries and writhes on the earth in Laṅkā’s captivity.
Sītā’s endurance under trauma, and the narrative’s cultivation of karuṇā (compassion) as an ethical response.