Shloka 60
कस्मात्त्वंमांविहायेहकृपणांगन्तुमिच्छसि ।।।।दीनांविलपतींमन्दांकिंवामांनाभिभाषसे ।
kasmāt tvaṃ māṃ vihāyeha kṛpaṇāṃ gantum icchasi | dīnāṃ vilapatīṃ mandāṃ kiṃ vā māṃ nābhibhāṣase ||
なぜあなたはここに私を置き去りにして去ろうとなさるのですか——哀れで頼るすべもなく、貧しく泣き崩れ、打ちひしがれている私を。なぜ一言さえ語りかけてくださらないのですか。
"Winning the three worlds by your valour, you are glorious, irresistible and beyond reach. How did the wanderer in the forest strike you?"
FAQs
The verse points to the fragility of worldly bonds and the duty of a ruler to protect dependents—duty that collapses when one chooses adharma and meets destruction.
Mandodarī addresses the silent body of Rāvaṇa, experiencing his death as abandonment and unanswered speech.
Emotional truthfulness: she voices raw grief without ornament, revealing the human consequence of war and wrongdoing.