Ramayana — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 68, Shloka 10
सीताया यशोधर्मविचारः
Sita’s Counsel on Honor, Rescue-Strategy, and Hanuman’s Reassurance
तदस्मिन् कार्यनिर्योगे वीरैवं दुरतिक्रमे।किं पश्यसि समाधानं ब्रूहि कार्यविदां वरः।।।।
tad asmin kāryaniryoge vīra evaṃ duratikrame | kiṃ paśyasi samādhānaṃ brūhi kāryavidāṃ varaḥ ||
それゆえ、勇士よ——この企てがかくも越え難いものとなった今、いかなる実際の方策を見いだすのか。事を成す道に通じた者の中で最上たる汝よ、告げよ。
'O heroic Hanuman! you know how to succeed. But I wish to know what expedient you have to accomplish which is difficult by all means. O foremost vanara, please tell me .
FAQs
Dharma includes wise deliberation (nīti): even in distress, one should seek a righteous, workable means rather than act rashly.
Sītā questions Hanumān about the best expedient to accomplish the difficult mission of rescue and restoration.
Sītā’s discernment and strategic prudence—she values competent, dharmic means to achieve a just end.