Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 30, Shloka 20
सीताया वनानुगमननिश्चयः
Sita’s Resolve to Accompany Rama to the Forest
पश्चादपि हि दुःखेन मम नैवास्ति जीवितम्।उज्झितायास्त्वया नाथ तदैव मरणं वरम्।।2.30.20।।
paścād api hi duḥkhena mama naivāsti jīvitam | ujjhitāyās tvayā nātha tadaiva maraṇaṃ varam || 2.30.20 ||
ແມ່ນແຕ່ພາຍຫຼັງກໍຕາມ ໃນຄວາມໂສກເສົ້າແບບນີ້ ຊີວິດຂ້າພະເຈົ້າກໍບໍ່ເຫຼືອອີກແລ້ວ. ໂອ ພຣະນາຖ ຖ້າພຣະອົງລະທິ້ງຂ້າພະເຈົ້າ ການຕາຍໃນຂະນະນັ້ນເອງຍ່ອມດີກວ່າ
If forsaken, O Lord! I shall not live a life of sorrow. Instant death is better (than abandoned existence).
FAQs
Dharma is framed as inseparability in rightful marriage: abandonment is portrayed not merely as emotional loss but as a collapse of the moral order of her life.
Sītā argues that being left behind while Rāma goes to exile would be unbearable, equating it with a fate worse than death.
Uncompromising fidelity—she refuses a compromised life that contradicts her understanding of duty.