Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 26, Shloka 19
अयोध्याकाण्डे षड्विंशः सर्गः
Rama’s Departure and Sita’s Questions; Disclosure of Exile and Counsel on Courtly Conduct
इतीव विलपन्तीं तां प्रोवाच रघुनन्दनः।सीते तत्र भवांस्तातः प्रव्राजयति मां वनम्।।।।
itīva vilapantīṃ tāṃ provāca raghunandanaḥ | sīte tatra bhavān tātaḥ pravrājayati māṃ vanam ||
ເມື່ອນາງຄຳຄວນຮ້ອງໄຫ້ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ພຣະຣາມ—ຜູ້ເປັນຄວາມປິຕິແຫ່ງວົງສ໌ຣະຄຸ—ຈຶ່ງກ່າວວ່າ: “ສີຕາ, ທີ່ນັ້ນ ພຣະບິດາຜູ້ຄວນເຄົາລົບຂອງເຮົາ ກຳລັງສົ່ງເຮົາໃຫ້ໄປສູ່ປ່າ.”
O Sita! my venerable father is banishing me to the forest, said Rama, the scion of the Raghus, the joy of the Raghu race, seeing her thus lamenting.
FAQs
Satya and filial duty: Rāma states the truth plainly and frames the exile as his father’s command—setting the stage for obedience as dharma.
Rāma finally reveals to Sītā the decisive fact: Daśaratha is ordering his banishment to the forest.
Rāma’s truthfulness and steadiness—he communicates the painful reality directly, without agitation.