द्वादशः सर्गः — हनूमतः अन्तःपुरविचयः
Hanuman’s Search Through Ravana’s Inner Apartments
सा राक्षसानां प्रवरेण जानकीस्वशीलसंरक्ष्णतत्परा सती।अनेन नूनं प्रति दुष्टकर्मणाहता भवेदार्यपथे परे स्थिता।।।।
sā rākṣasānāṃ pravareṇa jānakī |
svaśīlasaṃrakṣṇatatparā satī |
anena nūnaṃ prati duṣṭakarmaṇā |
hatā bhaved āryapathe pare sthitā ||
‘ആര്യമാർഗത്തിൽ സ്ഥിരയായി, തന്റെ ശീലം–പാതിവ്രത്യം കാത്തുസൂക്ഷിക്കാൻ തത്പരയായ ജാനകി, ഈ രാക്ഷസപ്രവരനായ ദുഷ്കർമിയുടെ കൈയിൽ നിശ്ചയം വധിക്കപ്പെട്ടിരിക്കാം’ എന്നു അവൻ ഭയപ്പെട്ടു.
'Janaki, follower of noble path, anxious to protect her chastity must have been killed by the wicked demon king.
The verse foregrounds śīla (moral integrity) as dharma: Sītā’s commitment to chastity is treated as a noble path worth protecting even at the cost of life.
Unable to find Sītā, Hanumān imagines the worst—that Rāvaṇa may have killed her because she would not yield.
Sītā’s steadfast purity and Hanumān’s reverent recognition of it; he frames her as firmly established in ārya-dharma.