Shloka 12
अभिज्ञानप्रदानम्
The Token of Recognition (Chūḍāmaṇi) and the Crow Episode Recalled
शैलस्य चित्रकूटस्य पादे पूर्वोत्तरे पुरा।।5.38.12।।तापसाश्रमवासिन्याः प्राज्यमूलफलोदके।तस्मिन्सिद्धाश्रमे देशे मन्दाकिन्या विदूरतः।।5.38.13।।तस्योपवनषण्डेषु नानापुष्पसुगन्धिषु।विहृत्य सलिले क्लिन्ना ममाङ्के समुपाविशमः।।5.38.14।।
śailasya citrakūṭasya pāde pūrvottare purā |
tāpasāśramavāsinyāḥ prājyamūlaphalodake |
tasmin siddhāśrame deśe mandākinyā vidūrataḥ ||
tasyopavanaṣaṇḍeṣu nānāpuṣpasugandhiṣu |
vihṛtya salile klinnā mamāṅke samupāviśamaḥ ||
昔、北東のチトラクータ山の麓、マンダーキニー河にほど近いシッダ―シュラマの地――根も実も水も豊かなその聖域で、あなたと私は多くの花の香に満ちた園の木立を逍遥した。水に戯れて濡れたのち、私は濡れそぼち、あなたの膝に身をおろした。
'Long ago we were staying at Siddhasrama. This hermitage was situated to the north-east at the foot of Chitrakuta mountain which was not far from the river Mandakini. It had abundant roots, fruits and water. You sported with me in the gardens which were fragrant with many types of flowers and ponds. You sat down on my lap with wet clothes in the hermitage'.
FAQs
Truth established through intimate, non-transferable knowledge: Sītā uses a shared, private remembrance as ethical proof—satya that cannot be fabricated.
Sītā gives Hanumān a specific recollection from their forest life near Citrakūṭa as an identifying token for Rāma.
Marital fidelity and tenderness within dharma (pativratā-bhāva): the bond is recalled not as indulgence, but as a truthful sign of identity and love.