Shloka 3
विराधवधः
The Slaying (Burial) of Viradha
मामृका भक्षयिष्यन्ति शार्दूलाद्वीपिनस्तथा।मां हरोत्सृज काकुत्स्थौ नमस्ते राक्षसोत्तम।।।।
mām ṛkā bhakṣayiṣyanti śārdūlā dvīpinas tathā | māṃ hara utsṛja kākutsthau namas te rākṣasottama ||
“یہاں جنگلی ریچھ، اور اسی طرح شیر اور تیندوے، مجھے کھا جائیں گے۔ اے راکشسوں میں برتر! مجھے لے چلو، مگر کاکُتستھ کے ان دونوں شہزادوں کو چھوڑ دو؛ میں تمہیں نمسکار کرتا ہوں۔”
The wild bears, tigers and panthers will eat me up here. O best among demons, pray take me and leave both the Kakutsthas.
FAQs
Self-sacrifice and protective compassion: Sītā tries to avert harm from Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa by offering herself, placing others’ safety above her own.
Virādha has seized Sītā in the forest; she pleads with him to take her and spare the two brothers.
Sītā’s courage and altruism (tyāga), expressed through calm, purposeful pleading even under threat.