Shloka 20
मारीचवधोत्तरं रामस्य शङ्का-निमित्त-दर्शनं लक्ष्मण-निग्रहश्च
After Maricha’s Slaying: Omens, Anxiety, and Rama’s Rebuke of Lakshmana
न मेऽस्ति संशयो वीर सर्वथा जनकात्मजा।।3.57.19।।विनष्टा भक्षिता वापि राक्षसैर्वनचारिभिः।अशुभान्येव भूयिष्ठं यथा प्रादुर्भवन्ति मे।।3.57.20।।
na me ’sti saṃśayo vīra sarvathā janakātmajā |
vinaṣṭā bhakṣitā vāpi rākṣasair vanacāribhiḥ |
aśubhāny eva bhūyiṣṭhaṃ yathā prādurbhavanti me ||
โอ้วีรบุรุษ ข้าหาได้สงสัยไม่ว่า ธิดาแห่งชนกคงประสบเคราะห์ร้ายแน่—ไม่สูญหายก็อาจถูกพวกรากษสผู้เที่ยวพงไพรกลืนกิน เพราะลางอัปมงคลปรากฏแก่ข้าอย่างมากมายไม่ขาดสาย
O heroic Lakshmana I see many inauspicious omens. I think Sita might have been lost or eaten away by the demons of the forest. There is no doubt about it.
FAQs
Dharma under crisis: when danger is suspected, one must respond with urgency and truthful assessment, not denial—protective action follows clear recognition.
Seeing omens and Sītā’s absence, Rāma voices a grim suspicion that rākṣasas have harmed or taken her.
Rāma’s truth-orientation (satya-bhāva) even when painful—he confronts the worst possibility to drive decisive action.