Shloka 3
सप्तदशः सर्गः
Hanuman Beholds Sita in the Ashoka Grove
स ददर्श ततः सीतां पूर्णचन्द्रनिभाननाम्।शोकभारैरिव न्यस्तां भारैर्नावमिवाम्भसि।।।।
sa dadarśa tataḥ sītāṃ pūrṇacandranibhānanām | śokabhārair iva nyastāṃ bhārair nāvam ivāmbhasi || 5.17.03 ||
അപ്പോൾ അവൻ സീതയെ കണ്ടു—പൂർണ്ണചന്ദ്രനെപ്പോലെയുള്ള മുഖകാന്തിയുള്ളവളെ; എന്നാൽ ദുഃഖഭാരങ്ങൾ കൊണ്ട് അമർന്നവളായി, ജലത്തിൽ ഭാരമേറിയ ചരക്കു കയറ്റിയ തോണിപോലെ.
Heroic Hanuman felt happy when he saw Sita. He offered salutations to Rama and Lakshmana at heart and covered himself (with the leaves of the Simsupa tree) and waited.ityārṣē śrīmadrāmāyaṇē vālmīkīya ādikāvyē sundarakāṇḍē saptadaśassargaḥ.Thus ends the seventeenth sarga of Sundarakanda of the holy Ramayana, the first epic composed by sage Valmiki.
FAQs
It underscores that the righteous may suffer under injustice, but their inherent nobility remains; dharma calls others (like Hanumān) to relieve such suffering through rightful action.
Hanumān’s first clear sight of Sītā reveals both her natural radiance and the crushing weight of her grief in captivity.
Sītā’s dignified presence despite sorrow; Hanumān’s compassionate recognition of her plight.