Shloka 22
सीताहरणम्
Ravana reveals his true form and abducts Sita
तामकामां स कामार्तः पन्नगेन्द्रवधूमिव।।3.49.22।।विवेष्टमानामादाय उत्पपाताथ रावणः।
tām akāmāṃ sa kāmārtaḥ pannagendravadhūm iva | viveṣṭamānām ādāya utpapāta atha rāvaṇaḥ ||
Терзаемый страстью, Равана схватил её — против воли, извивающуюся, словно невеста царя змеев, — и затем взмыл с нею в воздух.
Passionate Ravana took hold of Sita who was not willing and was writhing in pain. He seized her like (an eagle carrying away) a serpent queen and flew up.
FAQs
Unchecked kāma becomes adharma: desire that overrides another’s will is condemned by the narrative as a moral collapse leading to violence.
Rāvaṇa forcibly takes Sītā and begins the aerial abduction.
Sītā’s resistance is emphasized as moral clarity—she does not consent and actively struggles against wrongdoing.