Shloka 49
गोदावरीतटे सीतान्वेषणम्
The Search for Sītā at the Godāvarī
शरावरौ शरैः पूर्णौ विध्वस्तौ पश्य लक्ष्मण।प्रतोदाभीशुहस्तो वै कस्यायं सारथिर्हतः।।।।
śarāvarau śaraiḥ pūrṇau vidhvastau paśya lakṣmaṇa | pratodābhīśuhasto vai kasyāyaṃ sārathir hataḥ ||
دیکھو، لکشمن—دو ترکش تیر وں سے بھرے ہوئے تھے، اب پاش پاش پڑے ہیں۔ اور یہ رتھ بان بھی مارا پڑا ہے، کوڑا اور لگام ابھی تک ہاتھ میں ہے۔ یہ کس کے آدمی تھے؟
O Lakshmana ! look at these two quivers filled with arrows and lying shattered. The charioteer is holding a whip and reins in his hands and is lying dead. To whom do they belong?
FAQs
Dharma includes compassion and accountability: the slain attendants are noticed, and the scene is read as a moral and factual clue, not ignored.
Rāma points out wrecked quivers and a dead charioteer, indicating a major confrontation has occurred.
Attentiveness to detail and empathetic awareness amid crisis.