Valmiki Ramayana 2.30.21: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 30, Shloka 21
सीताया वनानुगमननिश्चयः
Sita’s Resolve to Accompany Rama to the Forest
इमं हि सहितुं शोकं मुहूर्तमपि नोत्सहे।किं पुनर्दशवर्षाणि त्रीणि चैकं च दुःखिता।।2.30.21।।
imaṃ hi sahituṃ śokaṃ muhūrtam api notsahe | kiṃ punar daśa-varṣāṇi trīṇi caikaṃ ca duḥkhitā || 2.30.21 ||
میں اس غم کو ایک لمحہ بھی سہنے کی تاب نہیں رکھتی؛ پھر میں دکھی عورت دس برس اور تین اور ایک—یعنی چودہ برس—کیسے برداشت کروں؟
I cannot bear this grief even for a moment, what to speak of fourteen (ten and threeand one) years of grieving.
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Dharma is argued through truthful acknowledgement of capacity: Sītā candidly states that separation contradicts her ability to live rightly and steadily.
Sītā points to the length of exile—fourteen years—to show the impossibility of bearing separation for that duration.
Emotional truthfulness joined to steadfast commitment—she does not pretend detachment where it would be false.
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