Shloka 11
सीतानिवर्तनप्रयत्नः
Rama’s Attempt to Dissuade Sita from Forest Exile
सुप्यते पर्णशय्यासु स्वयं भग्नासु भूतले।रात्रिषु श्रमखिन्नेन तस्माद्दुःखतरं वनम्।।2.28.11।।
supyate parṇaśayyāsu svayaṁ bhagnāsu bhūtale | rātriṣu śramakhinnena tasmād duḥkhataraṁ vanam ||
రాత్రివేళ శ్రమతో అలసినవాడు నేలమీదే, తానే రాలిపోయిన ఆకుల విరిగిన శయ్యలపై నిద్రించాలి; అందుచేత వనం మరింత దుఃఖకరం।
Exhausted with struggles one has to sleep at night on a bed of leaves fallen on their own on the ground. Therefore, forest life is extremely painful.
FAQs
Dharma is not romanticized: Rāma highlights austerity as a real discipline, warning that choosing the righteous path often entails bodily hardship.
Rāma continues listing concrete discomforts of exile to test or temper Sītā’s resolve.
Truthfulness and protective concern—Rāma speaks plainly about suffering.