Valmiki Ramayana 5.17.3 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 17, Shloka 3
सप्तदशः सर्गः
Hanuman Beholds Sita in the Ashoka Grove
स ददर्श ततः सीतां पूर्णचन्द्रनिभाननाम्।शोकभारैरिव न्यस्तां भारैर्नावमिवाम्भसि।।।।
sa dadarśa tataḥ sītāṃ pūrṇacandranibhānanām | śokabhārair iva nyastāṃ bhārair nāvam ivāmbhasi || 5.17.03 ||
ထို့နောက် သူသည် မျက်နှာတော် ပုဏ္ဏမီလကဲ့သို့ တောက်ပသော စီတာဒေဝီကို မြင်ရ၏။ သို့သော် ဝမ်းနည်းခြင်း၏ အလေးချိန်ကြီးကြောင့် ဖိနှိပ်ခံနေရသကဲ့သို့၊ ရေထဲ၌ လေးလံသောကုန်တင်ထားသည့် လှေတစ်စင်းကဲ့သို့ ဖြစ်နေ하였다။
Heroic Hanuman felt happy when he saw Sita. He offered salutations to Rama and Lakshmana at heart and covered himself (with the leaves of the Simsupa tree) and waited.ityārṣē śrīmadrāmāyaṇē vālmīkīya ādikāvyē sundarakāṇḍē saptadaśassargaḥ.Thus ends the seventeenth sarga of Sundarakanda of the holy Ramayana, the first epic composed by sage Valmiki.
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It underscores that the righteous may suffer under injustice, but their inherent nobility remains; dharma calls others (like Hanumān) to relieve such suffering through rightful action.
Hanumān’s first clear sight of Sītā reveals both her natural radiance and the crushing weight of her grief in captivity.
Sītā’s dignified presence despite sorrow; Hanumān’s compassionate recognition of her plight.
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