Shloka 65
शरत्प्रवेशे रामविलापः तथा सुग्रीवप्रमादे लक्ष्मणप्रेषणम्
Autumn’s Onset: Rama’s Lament and Lakshmana Sent to Sugriva
चक्रवाकीव भर्तारं पृष्ठतोऽनुगता वनम्।विषमं दण्डकारण्यमुद्यानमिव याऽगता।।
cakravākīva bhartāraṃ pṛṣṭhato 'nugatā vanam | viṣamaṃ daṇḍakāraṇyam udyānam iva yā gatā ||
Gaya ng inahing cakravākī na sumusunod sa kanyang kapareha, sinundan niya ang kanyang asawa sa gubat—pumasok sa mabagsik na ilang ng Daṇḍaka na wari’y isang hardin ng ligaya.
'Just as a female chakravaka follows the male, Sita followed her husband into this dense Dandaka forest as though it is a pleasure-garden.
FAQs
The verse highlights fidelity and shared duty in marriage: Sītā embraces hardship alongside her husband, treating dharmic companionship as higher than comfort.
Rāma recalls Sītā’s willing accompaniment into exile, intensifying the injustice of her abduction and the urgency to recover her.
Sītā’s steadfast devotion and courage—she enters a perilous wilderness with the composure of one entering a garden.