Shloka 4
राजा सर्वस्य लोकस्य महेन्द्रवरुणोपमः।रामो दाशरथिश्शीमान्प्रविष्टो दण्डकावनम्।।।।लक्ष्मणेन सह भ्रात्रा वैदेह्या चापि भार्यया।तस्य भार्या जनस्थानाद्रावणेन हृता बलात्।।।।
rājā sarvasya lokasya mahendrvaruṇopamaḥ | rāmo dāśarathiḥ śrīmān praviṣṭo daṇḍakāvanam || lakṣmaṇena saha bhrātrā vaidehyā cāpi bhāryayā | tasya bhāryā janasthānād rāvaṇena hṛtā balāt ||
राजा सर्वलोकपूज्यः महेन्द्रवरुणोपमः श्रीमान् दाशरथिः रामः लक्ष्मणभ्रात्रा सह वैदेह्या भार्यया च दण्डकारण्यं प्रविष्टवान्। तस्य भार्या सीता जनस्थानात् रावणेन बलात् अपहृता॥
'Rama, son of Dasaratha, a prosperous king of all the worlds, comparable to Indra and Varuna came to the Dandaka forest along with his brother Laksmana and wife Vaidehi. Ravana abducted his wife from Janasthana.
FAQs
Dharma is framed through contrast: Rāma’s righteous stature and royal virtue are set against the adharma of forcible abduction, clarifying moral order by narrative opposition.
Hanumān summarizes Rāma’s entry into the forest with Lakṣmaṇa and Sītā, and reports the central crisis: Sītā’s abduction by Rāvaṇa from Jana-sthāna.
Rāma’s exemplary kingship and dignity (śrī, loka-reverence), which heighten the gravity of the wrong done and the urgency of restoring dharma.