Shloka 7
सीताविलापः
Sita’s Lament and Resolve under Threat
दुःखं बतेदं मम दुःखिताया
मासौ चिरायाधिगमिष्यतो द्वौ।
बद्धस्य वध्यस्य तथा निशान्ते
राजापराधादिव तस्करस्य।।5.28.7।।
duḥkhaṃ batedaṃ mama duḥkhitāyā māsau cirāyādhigamiṣyato dvau | baddhasya vadhyasya tathā niśānte rājāparādhād iva taskarasya ||5.28.7||
Ay, ito ay labis na pagdurusa para sa akin: ang dalawang buwan ay lilipas na parang isang mahabang panahon. Ako ay tulad ng isang magnanakaw na hinatulan ng kamatayan dahil sa paglabag sa hari, na naghihintay ng umaga.
"Alas, two months is too long a time to wait in grief. I am like a thief captured for offending a king and waiting overnight for execution at day-break.
FAQs
The moral weight of unjust captivity: dharma recognizes the cruelty of punishing the innocent; Sītā’s comparison highlights the anguish of awaiting an undeserved death.
Sītā reflects that the time granted by Rāvaṇa feels unbearably long, like a condemned prisoner awaiting execution.
Inner fortitude and truthful self-expression in suffering.