Shloka 10
सीताविलापः
Sita’s Lament amid Rākṣasī Threats
सा निःश्वसन्ती दुःखार्ता शोकोपहतचेतना।आर्ता व्यसृजदश्रूणि मैथिली विललाप च।।5.25.10।।
sā niḥśvasantī duḥkhārtā śokopahatacetanā |
ārtā vyasṛjad aśrūṇi maithilī vilalāpa ca ||5.25.10||
وہ آہیں بھرتی، دکھ سے بےتاب، غم سے دل و دماغ پر ضرب کھائے ہوئے، میتھلی بےقرار ہو کر آنسو بہانے لگی اور بلند آواز سے نوحہ کرنے لگی۔
The distressed Mythili, her consciousness drowned in grief, sighing, shed streams of tears.
FAQs
It underscores compassion and the recognition of unjust suffering: dharma is contrasted with the cruelty that produces such grief.
Isolated in captivity, Sītā’s sorrow intensifies; she sighs, weeps, and begins to lament.
Emotional honesty coupled with endurance—grief is expressed without surrendering moral resolve.