Shloka 49
सीताविलापः
Sita’s Lament and Prophecy of Lanka’s Ruin
धन्याः खलु महात्मानो मुनयस्त्यक्तकिल्बिषाः।।।।जितात्मनो महाभागा येषां न स्तः प्रियाप्रिये।
dhanyāḥ khalu mahātmāno munayas tyaktakilbiṣāḥ | jitātmano mahābhāgā yeṣāṃ na staḥ priyāpriye ||
ധന്യരാണ് തീർച്ചയായും ആ മഹാത്മ മുനിമാർ—പാപം ഉപേക്ഷിച്ചവർ; ജിതാത്മാക്കളും മഹാഭാഗ്യശാലികളും—അവർക്കു ‘പ്രിയ’വും ‘അപ്രിയ’വും ഇല്ല.
"Blessed are the exhalted sages who have not committed any sin. They have self-control and have subdued their senses. There is no pleasure or displeasure for them.
FAQs
It praises equanimity (samatva): freedom from attachment and aversion is presented as a dharmic achievement grounded in purity and self-mastery.
Sītā compares her own turbulence of feeling with the sages’ steadiness, admiring their freedom from emotional extremes.
Self-control (jitātmatā) and moral purity (tyaktakilbiṣa) as the foundation of inner peace.