Shloka 65
चक्रवाकीव भर्तारं पृष्ठतोऽनुगता वनम्।विषमं दण्डकारण्यमुद्यानमिव याऽगता।।
cakravākīva bhartāraṃ pṛṣṭhato 'nugatā vanam | viṣamaṃ daṇḍakāraṇyam udyānam iva yā gatā ||
चक्रवाकी जशी आपल्या भर्त्याच्या मागोमाग जाते, तशी ती पतीच्या पाठीमागे वनात गेली। विषम दंडकारण्यातही ती जणू रम्य उद्यानात प्रवेश करीत आहे असे मानून प्रविष्ट झाली।
'Just as a female chakravaka follows the male, Sita followed her husband into this dense Dandaka forest as though it is a pleasure-garden.
FAQs
The verse highlights fidelity and shared duty in marriage: Sītā embraces hardship alongside her husband, treating dharmic companionship as higher than comfort.
Rāma recalls Sītā’s willing accompaniment into exile, intensifying the injustice of her abduction and the urgency to recover her.
Sītā’s steadfast devotion and courage—she enters a perilous wilderness with the composure of one entering a garden.