Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 119, Shloka 10
सीताया अग्निप्रवेशः
Sita’s Ordeal by Fire / Agni-Pariksha
सहसम्वृद्धभावेनसंसर्गेण च मानद ।यदितेऽहं न विज्ञाताहतातेनास्मिशाश्वतम् ।।।।
saha saṁvṛddha-bhāvena saṁsargeṇa ca mānada |
yadi te 'haṁ na vijñātā hatā 'smi śāśvatam ||
മാന്യനായ രാമാ! സ്നേഹത്തിൽ ഒരുമിച്ച് വളർന്നിട്ടും, നമ്മുടെ അടുത്ത ബന്ധം ഉണ്ടായിട്ടും നീ എന്നെ യഥാർത്ഥത്തിൽ അറിയുന്നില്ലെങ്കിൽ, ഞാൻ എന്നേക്കുമായി നശിച്ചവളാകുന്നു।
"Honourable Rama! If I am not understood by you despite our growing up together with love and in spite of our intimate relationship, I am done forever."
FAQs
Dharma here centers on mutual trust and recognition within marriage: Sītā appeals to the moral duty of a spouse to know the other’s truth (satya) beyond suspicion.
After the war and Sītā’s recovery, Rāma’s public stance raises doubt about her purity; Sītā responds with anguish, asserting that their shared life should have established trust.
Sītā’s satya (truthfulness) and self-respect: she insists her inner truth should be evident from lived relationship, not merely external proof.