Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 81, Shloka 5
इन्द्रजितो मायासीतावधः
Indrajit’s Illusory Sita Episode and Hanuman’s Rebuke
इन्द्रजित्तुरथेस्थाप्यसीतांमायामयींतदा ।बलेनमहतावृत्यतस्यावधमरोचयत् ।।।।
indrajit tu rathe sthāpya sītāṃ māyāmayīṃ tadā |
balena mahatā vṛtya tasyā vadham arocayat ||
ထို့နောက် အိန္ဒြဇစ်သည် မာယာဖြင့် ဖန်တီးထားသော စီတာကို မိမိ၏ ရထားပေါ်တွင် တင်ထားပြီး၊ တပ်အင်အားကြီးဖြင့် ဝန်းရံကာ၊ သူမကို သတ်ရန် အကြံအစည်ကို ခိုင်မာစွာ ချမှတ်하였다။
Indrajith, also through a trick, wanted to make illusory Sita and place her in the chariot surrounded by Rakshasas and thought of killing her.
FAQs
The verse illustrates adharma through the intention to harm a defenseless figure via deception; dharma in the Ramayana consistently condemns harming the innocent and using falsehood to break righteous resolve.
Indrajit stages a spectacle: an illusory Sītā is displayed on a chariot amid troops, setting up a psychological blow against Rāma’s side.
By contrast, Sītā’s symbolic purity and Rāma’s commitment to satya/dharma are what Indrajit attempts to exploit through a false appearance.