Valmiki Ramayana 3.49.22 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 49, Shloka 22
सीताहरणम्
Ravana reveals his true form and abducts Sita
तामकामां स कामार्तः पन्नगेन्द्रवधूमिव।।3.49.22।।विवेष्टमानामादाय उत्पपाताथ रावणः।
tām akāmāṃ sa kāmārtaḥ pannagendravadhūm iva | viveṣṭamānām ādāya utpapāta atha rāvaṇaḥ ||
រាវណាដែលរងទុក្ខដោយកាមតណ្ហា បានចាប់យកនាង—ទោះនាងមិនព្រម និងរមួលរមាស់ដូចកូនក្រមុំនៃព្រះនាគរាជ—ហើយក៏លោតឡើងទៅលើអាកាសជាមួយនាង។
Passionate Ravana took hold of Sita who was not willing and was writhing in pain. He seized her like (an eagle carrying away) a serpent queen and flew up.
FAQs
Unchecked kāma becomes adharma: desire that overrides another’s will is condemned by the narrative as a moral collapse leading to violence.
Rāvaṇa forcibly takes Sītā and begins the aerial abduction.
Sītā’s resistance is emphasized as moral clarity—she does not consent and actively struggles against wrongdoing.
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