Shloka 2
एकोनपञ्चाशः सर्गः (Sarga 49)
Aṅgada Re-energizes the Southern Search Party
वनानि गिरयो नद्यो दुर्गाणि गहनानि च।दर्यो गिरिगुहाश्चैव विचितानि समन्ततः।।।।तत्र तत्र सहास्माभिर्जानकी न च दृश्यते।तद्वा रक्षो हृता येन सीता सुरसुतोपमा।।।।
vanāni girayo nadyo durgāṇi gahanāni ca | daryo giriguhāś caiva vicitāni samantataḥ || tatra tatra sahāsmābhir jānakī na ca dṛśyate | tad vā rakṣo hṛtā yena sītā surasutopamā ||
വനങ്ങളും പർവ്വതങ്ങളും നദികളും കടക്കാനാകാത്ത ദുര്ഗങ്ങളും ഘനവനപ്രദേശങ്ങളും—ദരികളും പർവ്വതഗുഹകളും ഉൾപ്പെടെ—ഞങ്ങൾ ഒരുമിച്ച് എല്ലാടവും തിരഞ്ഞു. എങ്കിലും എവിടെയും ജാനകിയെ കാണുന്നില്ല; ദേവപുത്രിയെപ്പോലെ ഉള്ള സീതയെ അപഹരിച്ച ആ രാക്ഷസനെയും കണ്ടെത്തുന്നില്ല.
'We have searched here, there, everywhere, in dense forests, hills, forts, impenetrable caverns and mountain ranges. But we could find neither Janaki who is like a goddess nor the demon who abducted her.
FAQs
Satya and accountability: a leader truthfully reports that exhaustive effort has not yet produced results, which is essential for righteous decision-making.
The searchers acknowledge they have thoroughly combed many terrains but have not located Sītā or identified the abductor.
Satya (candor) and leadership responsibility in facing an unpleasant truth.