Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 48, Shloka 19
नकलस्यातिभारोऽस्तिकृतान्तश्चसुदुर्जयः ।यत्ररामःसहभ्रात्राशेतेयुधिनिपातितः ।।।।
na kālasyātibhāro 'sti kṛtāntaś ca sudurjayaḥ | yatra rāmaḥ saha bhrātrā śete yudhi nipātitaḥ ||
Walang pasaning hihigit sa bigat ng Panahon; at ang hatol ni Kṛtānta, ang Kamatayan, ay lubhang di-madaig—yamang maging si Rāma, kasama ang kanyang kapatid, ay nakahandusay na nabuwal sa larangan ng digmaan.
"Rama along with Lakshmana has fallen in the battlefield. Time spirit is too heavy and capable of doing anything, so difficult to conquer."
FAQs
It reflects a dharmic realism: worldly power is limited under kāla; humility before impermanence supports endurance and steadiness even amid catastrophe.
Believing Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa to be struck down, Sītā interprets it as the overpowering force of Time and fate.
Sītā’s reflective endurance (dhairya) appears even in grief, as she frames events within the cosmic order of kāla.