Shloka 13
मायाशिरोप्रदर्शनम्
The Display of the Illusory Head of Rāma
उपास्यमानांघोराभीराक्षसीभिरितस्ततः ।उपसृत्यततस्सीतांप्रहर्षंनामकीर्तयन् ।।।।इदंचवचनंधृष्टमुवाचजनकात्मजाम् ।
upāsyamānāṃ ghorābhī rākṣasībhir itas tataḥ |
upasṛtya tataḥ sītāṃ praharṣaṃ nāma kīrtayan |
idaṃ ca vacanaṃ dhṛṣṭam uvāca janakātmajām ||6.31.13||
ഭീകരരാക്ഷസിമാർ ചുറ്റുമെല്ലാം കാവലിരുന്ന് ഇരുത്തിയ സീതയുടെ അടുത്തേക്ക് അവൻ ആനന്ദത്തോടെ സമീപിച്ചു; സ്വയം പുകഴ്ത്തിക്കൊണ്ട് ജനകനന്ദിനിയോട് ഈ ധൃഷ്ടവചനങ്ങൾ പറഞ്ഞു.
Thereafter, the younger brother of Kubera (Ravana) saw sad Sita, who did not deserve that piteous condition, who had been reduced to sorrowful state, seated on the ground in Asoka grove, with her head bent down filled with sorrow contemplating on her husband alone.
FAQs
It foregrounds speech-ethics and consent: dharma rejects coercive speech and intimidation, especially against the vulnerable; power must not become license for humiliation.
Sītā is guarded by rākṣasī women; Rāvaṇa approaches and begins addressing her boldly.
Negatively, Rāvaṇa’s lack of shame and misuse of authority; by implication, Sītā’s moral dignity under surveillance.