Valmiki Ramayana 5.58.60 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 58, Shloka 60
सुन्दरकाण्डे अष्टपञ्चाशः सर्गः
हनुमद्वृत्तान्तकथनम्, सीताभिज्ञान-प्रदानम्, लङ्कादाह-वर्णनम्
सा मया राक्षसीमध्ये तर्ज्यमाना मुहुर्मुहुः।।5.58.58।।एकवेणीधरा दीना भर्तृचिन्तापरायणा।भूमिशय्या विवर्णाङ्गी पद्मिनीव हिमागमे।।5.58.59।।रावणाद्विनिवृत्तार्था मर्तव्यकृतनिश्चया।कथञ्चिन्मृगशाबाक्षी तूर्णमासादिता मया।।5.58.60।।
rāvaṇād vinivṛttārthā martavyakṛtaniścayā |
kathañcin mṛgaśābākṣī tūrṇam āsāditā mayā || 5.58.60 ||
ರಾವಣನಿಗೆ ಒಪ್ಪಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವ ಆಶೆಯನ್ನು ತ್ಯಜಿಸಿ, ಮರಣಕ್ಕೆ ನಿಶ್ಚಯ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಂಡು, ಮೃಗಶಾವಕದಂತೆ ಕಣ್ಣುಗಳಿರುವ ಆ ಸ್ತ್ರೀ—ಯಾವುದೋ ರೀತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ—ನನಗೆ ಕೊನೆಗೂ ಶೀಘ್ರವಾಗಿ ದೊರಕಿದಳು.
Having been asked (by Jambavan and others) Hanuman with horripilations all over hisbody, bowed down and saluted in the direction of queen Sita and began:
FAQs
Sītā’s refusal to accept unrighteous coercion underscores satya and dharma—she will not betray righteousness even at the cost of life, revealing the moral gravity of integrity.
Hanumān recounts that Sītā, despairing and refusing Rāvaṇa, had reached a suicidal resolve, and that he nevertheless managed to locate her.
Sītā’s uncompromising integrity and Hanumān’s determined service—his perseverance becomes the practical instrument for restoring dharma.
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