Valmiki Ramayana 5.21.2: Sundara Kanda, Sarga 21, Shloka 2
सीताया रावणं प्रति धर्मोपदेशः
Sita’s Dharmic Admonition to Ravana
दुःखार्ता रुदती सीता वेपमाना तपस्विनी ।
चिन्तयन्ती वरारोहा पतिमेव पतिव्रता ॥२॥
तृणमन्तरतः कृत्वा प्रत्युवाच शुचिस्मिता ।
duḥkhārtā rudatī sītā vepamānā tapasvinī |
cintayantī varārohā patim eva pativratā ||2||
tṛṇam antarataḥ kṛtvā pratyuvāca śucismitā |
សីតា ដែលរងទុក្ខយ៉ាងខ្លាំង កំពុងយំ និងញ័រ—នាងអ្នកបួសមានតបៈ រូបសោភា និងជាបតិវ្រតា ស្មោះត្រង់តែចំពោះស្វាមី—បានដាក់ស្លឹកស្មៅមួយចន្លោះរវាងនាងនិង(រាវណៈ) ហើយឆ្លើយតបដោយស្នាមញញឹមបរិសុទ្ធទន់ភ្លន់។
Sita, austere, beautiful and chaste afflicted by grief kept sobbing. Brooding over her husband and trembling in fear, she placed a blade of grass in between her and Ravana and replied with a gentle smile on her face.
FAQs
Dharma includes maintaining moral and physical boundaries; Sītā symbolically asserts separation from adharma by placing grass between herself and Rāvaṇa.
In captivity in Aśoka-vana, Sītā—terrified yet resolute—prepares to answer Rāvaṇa’s advances and threats.
Chastity and inner discipline (tapas): despite distress, Sītā preserves dignity and resolves to speak truthfully.
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