Shloka 28
दनु-शापकथा तथा सीताहरण-प्रश्नः
Danu’s Curse Narrative and Rama’s Inquiry about Sita
अदग्धस्य तु विज्ञातुं शक्तिरस्ति न मे प्रभो।।3.71.28।।राक्षसं तं महावीर्यं सीता येन हृता तव।
adagdhāsya tu vijñātuṃ śaktir asti na me prabho | rākṣasaṃ taṃ mahāvīryaṃ sītā yena hṛtā tava ||
പ്രഭോ, ഞാൻ ദഹിക്കപ്പെടാത്തിടത്തോളം, നിങ്ങളുടെ സീതയെ അപഹരിച്ച ആ മഹാവീര്യവാനായ രാക്ഷസനെ അറിയുവാനോ വെളിപ്പെടുത്തുവാനോ എനിക്ക് ശക്തിയില്ല.
O lord! before I am cremated, I do not have the ability to know about that powerful demon by whom Sita has been abducted.
FAQs
Dharma here is truthfulness with humility: Kabandha admits the limits imposed on him (by curse/condition) and refuses to claim knowledge prematurely, aligning speech with reality (satya).
Kabandha, awaiting liberation from his cursed condition, tells Rama that he cannot identify the abductor of Sita until he is ritually burned.
Satya (truthful restraint): acknowledging incapacity rather than misleading Rama, even when urgently questioned.