Shloka 22
सीताविलापः रावणनिन्दा च
Sita’s Lament and Condemnation of Ravana
बद्धस्त्वं कालपाशेन दुर्निवारेण रावण।।3.53.22।।क्वगतो लप्स्यसे शर्म भर्तुर्मम महात्मनः।
baddhas tvaṃ kāla-pāśena durnivāreṇa rāvaṇa ||3.53.22||
kva gato lapsyase śarma bhartur mama mahātmanaḥ |
اے راون! تو زمانے (کال) کے اُس ناقابلِ گریز پھندے میں بندھا ہوا ہے۔ تو کہاں جا کر میرے مہात्मا شوہر سے نجات و سکون پائے گا؟
O Ravana! you are bound by the inevitable noose of death. Where shall you get away from great Rama, my husband to obtain peace.
FAQs
No refuge exists for adharma: inevitable consequence (kāla) binds the wrongdoer, and dharmic power (Rāma) becomes unavoidable.
Sītā declares that Rāvaṇa cannot escape the repercussions of abducting her; Rāma’s pursuit and Time’s decree are inescapable.
Marital fidelity and righteous alignment: Sītā invokes her bond with Rāma as a dharmic force that will restore order.