Shloka 5
अभिज्ञानवृत्तान्त-प्रत्यायनम्
Token of Recognition and the Crow–Brahmāstra Episode
पुनः पुनरुपागम्य विददार भृशं किल।ततस्त्वं बोधितस्तस्याश्शोणितेन समुक्षितः।।।।
punaḥ punar upāgamya vidadāra bhṛśaṃ kila |
tatas tvaṃ bodhitas tasyāḥ śoṇitena samukṣitaḥ ||
それは何度も何度も近づいてきて、激しく彼女を引き裂きました。その時、あなたは彼女の血を浴びて目を覚まされたのです。
Again and again the crow came to her and scratched her. She woke you up as you were getting wet with blood shed from her body.
FAQs
A reminder that harm to the innocent demands recognition and response; dharma begins with seeing suffering truthfully and not ignoring injury.
The crow repeatedly wounds Sītā; the blood awakens Rāma, setting the stage for his intervention in the remembered episode.
Sītā’s patient endurance and truthful narration; Rāma’s awakened responsibility to act.