Shloka 2
अरण्यकाण्डे एकोनषष्टितमः सर्गः
Maricha’s Mimic Cry and the Rama–Lakshmana–Sita Confrontation
तमुवाच किमर्थं त्वमागतोऽपास्य मैथिलीम्।यदा सा तव विश्वासाद्वने विरहिता मया।।।।
tam uvāca kimarthaṃ tvam āgato 'pāsya maithilīm | yadā sā tava viśvāsād vane virahitā mayā ||
അവൾ അവനോടു പറഞ്ഞു: “മൈഥിലിയെ വിട്ടിട്ട് നീ ഇവിടെ എന്തിന് വന്നു? നിന്റെ വിശ്വാസത്തിൽ ഞാൻ അവളെ വനത്തിൽ ഒറ്റയ്ക്കാക്കി വിട്ടതല്ലോ.”
Why did you come, leaving the princess from Mithila alone in the forest when I had left her under your trust ?
FAQs
It frames dharma as entrusted responsibility: when protection is assigned in trust, abandoning that duty appears (to the speaker) as a moral breach.
Sītā challenges Lakṣmaṇa for leaving her alone, interpreting his departure as neglect of the protective charge.
The virtue of guardianship and accountability—being faithful to a trust placed by elders or superiors.