Shloka 20
पुष्पकविमानेन सीताया युद्धभूमिदर्शनम्
Sita Shown the Battlefield in the Pushpaka
ततस्सीताददर्शोभौशयानौशरतल्पगौ ।लक्ष्मणंचापिरामंचविसंज्ञौशरपीडितौ ।।6.47.19।।विध्वस्तकवचौवीरौविप्रविद्धशरासनौ ।सायकैचशिन्नसर्वाङ्गौशरस्तम्बमयौक्षितौ ।।6.47.20।।
vidhvasta-kavacau vīrau vipraviddha-śarāsanau | sāyakaiś chinna-sarvāṅgau śara-stamba-mayau kṣitau ||6.47.20||
ആ വീരന്മാരുടെ കവചം തകർന്നിരുന്നു, ധനുസ്സുകൾ അകലെ തെറിച്ചുപോയിരുന്നു; ശരങ്ങളാൽ അവയവങ്ങൾ മുറിഞ്ഞ് ഭൂമിയിൽ അവർ ശരസ്തംഭമയരെന്നപോലെ കിടന്നു.
Thereafter Sita beheld both Rama and Lakshmana lying on the bed of arrows, unconscious, struck by arrows, with shields of darts, arrows with feathers, all limbs wounded with shattered armour, bows and reeds.
FAQs
Dharma is tested under suffering: even the righteous may endure extreme affliction, reminding the reader that moral worth is not measured by uninterrupted success.
Sītā is being made to witness Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa in a grievously wounded state, a scene intended to break her resolve.
For Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, steadfast endurance; for the narrative, the dignity of dharma even when the body is overwhelmed.