Shloka 12
पुष्पकविमानेन सीताया युद्धभूमिदर्शनम्
Sita Shown the Battlefield in the Pushpaka
ततःपुष्पकमादायराक्षस्योरावणाज्ञया ।।।।अशोकवनिकास्थांतांमैथिलींसमुपानयन् ।
tataḥ puṣpakam ādāya rākṣasyo rāvaṇājñayā | aśokavanikāsthāṃ tāṃ maithilīṃ samupānayan ||
പിന്നീട് രാവണന്റെ ആജ്ഞപ്രകാരം രാക്ഷസീകൾ പുഷ്പകവിമാനം എടുത്ത്, അശോകവനികയിൽ പാർത്തിരുന്ന ആ മൈഥിലിയോടടുത്തു ചെന്നു.
Thereafter, by Ravana's order the Rakshasas went with the aerial car to Mythili in the Ashoka Garden.
FAQs
The verse situates Sītā’s captivity—an adharma act—against which dharma later restores justice; it also shows how power misuses command to sustain wrongdoing.
Rāvaṇa’s attendants go to the Aśoka grove to fetch Sītā using the Puṣpaka chariot.
Sītā’s endurance (kṣānti) is implicit: she remains steadfast in confinement while others maneuver around her.