Shloka 6
रावणस्य परिव्राजकवेषेण सीतासमीपगमनम्
Ravana Approaches Sita Disguised as a Mendicant
तमुग्रतेजःकर्माणं जनस्थानरूहा द्रुमाः।।।।समीक्ष्य सम्प्रकम्पन्ते न प्रवाति च मारुतः।
tam ugratejaḥkarmāṇaṃ janasthānarūhā drumāḥ |
samīkṣya samprakampante na pravāti ca mārutaḥ ||
เมื่อเห็นเขา—ผู้มีเดชและการกระทำอันดุร้าย—บรรดาไม้ใหญ่แห่งชนสถานก็สั่นสะท้าน และแม้ลมก็มิได้พัดพา
Mighty Ravana approached Sita deprived of both the brothers, Like darkness encompasses the evening twilight in the absence of the Sun and the Moon.
FAQs
Adharma disturbs harmony: nature itself appears to recoil, suggesting that unrighteous intent disrupts the moral order (ṛta) mirrored in the world.
Rāvaṇa’s ominous presence is described through natural signs as he nears Sītā.
The verse emphasizes the universe’s alignment with dharma: even non-human elements symbolically register the approach of wrongdoing.