Ramayana — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 33, Shloka 8
हनूमत्सीतासंवादः
Hanumān–Sītā Dialogue and Identity Verification
का त्वं भवसि कल्याणि त्वमनिन्दितलोचने।कोपाद्वा यदि वा मोहाद्भर्तारमसितेक्षणे।।।।वसिष्ठं कोपयित्वा त्वं नासि कल्याण्यरुन्धती।
kā tvaṃ bhavasi kalyāṇi tvam anindita-locane |
kōpād vā yadi vā mohād bhartāram asitekṣaṇe ||
vasiṣṭhaṃ kopayitvā tvaṃ nāsi kalyāṇy arundhatī |
ああ、吉祥なる方、咎なき眼差しの御方よ、あなたは誰なのか。ああ、黒き瞳の御方、怒りゆえか迷いゆえか、夫君を損ねたのか。あなたは、ヴァシシュタを怒らせて退けられたという、福徳のアルンダティではないのか。
"O lady of lovely black eyes! who are you? Have you by any chance offended your husband out of anger or out of delusion? Are you the auspicious Arundhati dislodged for making your lord Vasistha angry?
FAQs
The verse invokes the ideal of marital fidelity and restraint of anger/delusion, using Arundhatī as a cultural emblem of steadfast dharma; it also shows how dharma-language can be misused as manipulation.
Sītā is being addressed by an intruder (Rāvaṇa’s party/approach), who tries to unsettle her by questioning her identity and implying moral fault.
By contrast and implication, Sītā’s steadfastness and moral clarity (satya and dharma) are highlighted against attempts to provoke fear and self-doubt.