Shloka 49
सीताविलापः
Sita’s Lament and Prophecy of Lanka’s Ruin
धन्याः खलु महात्मानो मुनयस्त्यक्तकिल्बिषाः।।।।जितात्मनो महाभागा येषां न स्तः प्रियाप्रिये।
dhanyāḥ khalu mahātmāno munayas tyaktakilbiṣāḥ | jitātmano mahābhāgā yeṣāṃ na staḥ priyāpriye ||
واقعی مبارک ہیں وہ مہاتما مُنی، جنہوں نے گناہ ترک کر دیا—نفس پر قابو رکھنے والے، بڑے نصیب والے—جن کے لیے ‘پسند’ اور ‘ناپسند’ باقی نہیں رہتے۔
"Blessed are the exhalted sages who have not committed any sin. They have self-control and have subdued their senses. There is no pleasure or displeasure for them.
FAQs
It praises equanimity (samatva): freedom from attachment and aversion is presented as a dharmic achievement grounded in purity and self-mastery.
Sītā compares her own turbulence of feeling with the sages’ steadiness, admiring their freedom from emotional extremes.
Self-control (jitātmatā) and moral purity (tyaktakilbiṣa) as the foundation of inner peace.