Shloka 12
सीताप्रत्याख्यानम् / Rama’s Post-Victory Address to Sītā
Public Opinion and Royal Duty
सीतामुत्पलपत्राक्षींनीलकुञ्चितमूर्थजाम् ।अवदद्वैवरारोहंमध्येवानररक्षसाम् ।।6.118.12।।
sītām utpala-patrākṣīṃ nīla-kuñcita-mūrdhajām | avadad vai varārohāṃ madhye vānararakṣasām ||
വാനരരുടെയും രാക്ഷസരുടെയും മദ്ധ്യേ, താമരയിലപോലെയുള്ള കണ്ണുകളുള്ള, നീലനിറമുള്ള ചുരുള്മുടിയുള്ള, സുന്ദരമായ ദേഹയഷ്ടിയുള്ള സീതയോടു രാമൻ ഭാരാക്രാന്തഹൃദയത്തോടെ പറഞ്ഞു.
In the midst of Vanaras and Rakshasas, Rama spoke with great discomfort to Sita whose eyes were like lotus petals and hair was dark and curly and whose limbs were beautiful.
FAQs
Dharma in public speech: actions and words of leaders occur before witnesses; moral judgment and social legitimacy are shaped in the assembly.
Rāma addresses Sītā publicly, with allies and former enemies present, intensifying the stakes of his words.
Rāma’s willingness to face scrutiny openly—though emotionally painful, he does not hide the issue from the public sphere.