Shloka 13
सीताया यशोधर्मविचारः
Sita’s Counsel on Honor, Rescue-Strategy, and Hanuman’s Reassurance
यथाऽहं तस्य वीरस्य वनादुपधिना हृता।रक्षसा तद्भयादेव तथा नार्हति राघवः।।।।
yathāhaṃ tasya vīrasya vanād upadhinā hṛtā | rakṣasā tadbhayād eva tathā nārhati rāghavaḥ ||
جس طرح میں اُس سورما کے پاس سے جنگل میں فریب کے بہانے ایک راکشس نے خوف کے سبب چھین لی گئی، اسی طرح راگھو کو بھی مجھے اس انداز سے واپس نہیں لانا چاہیے؛ یہ اس کے شایانِ شان نہیں۔
'Tell valiant Rama not to take me back the way Ravana, the demon abducted me out of fear. Which is not right.
FAQs
Dharma distinguishes righteous means from unrighteous: Sītā rejects rescue by fear or deceit because it would mirror the adharma of her abduction and diminish Rāma’s maryādā.
Sītā cautions that Rāma should not retrieve her by a method resembling Rāvaṇa’s deceptive abduction.
Sītā’s integrity and insistence on honorable conduct even under extreme suffering.