Shloka 49
सीताविलापः
Sita’s Lament and Prophecy of Lanka’s Ruin
धन्याः खलु महात्मानो मुनयस्त्यक्तकिल्बिषाः।।।।जितात्मनो महाभागा येषां न स्तः प्रियाप्रिये।
dhanyāḥ khalu mahātmāno munayas tyaktakilbiṣāḥ | jitātmano mahābhāgā yeṣāṃ na staḥ priyāpriye ||
Berbahagialah para resi agung yang telah menanggalkan dosa—menguasai diri dan bernasib mulia—bagi mereka tiada lagi ‘yang disukai’ atau ‘yang tidak disukai’.
"Blessed are the exhalted sages who have not committed any sin. They have self-control and have subdued their senses. There is no pleasure or displeasure for them.
FAQs
It praises equanimity (samatva): freedom from attachment and aversion is presented as a dharmic achievement grounded in purity and self-mastery.
Sītā compares her own turbulence of feeling with the sages’ steadiness, admiring their freedom from emotional extremes.
Self-control (jitātmatā) and moral purity (tyaktakilbiṣa) as the foundation of inner peace.