Shloka 10
सीताया अग्निप्रवेशः
Sita’s Ordeal by Fire / Agni-Pariksha
सहसम्वृद्धभावेनसंसर्गेण च मानद ।यदितेऽहं न विज्ञाताहतातेनास्मिशाश्वतम् ।।।।
saha saṁvṛddha-bhāvena saṁsargeṇa ca mānada |
yadi te 'haṁ na vijñātā hatā 'smi śāśvatam ||
اے معزز رام! اگر ہمارے ساتھ ساتھ محبت میں پرورش پانے اور اس گہری رفاقت کے باوجود بھی آپ مجھے حقیقتاً نہ پہچانیں، تو سمجھئے میں ہمیشہ کے لیے برباد ہو گئی۔
"Honourable Rama! If I am not understood by you despite our growing up together with love and in spite of our intimate relationship, I am done forever."
FAQs
Dharma here centers on mutual trust and recognition within marriage: Sītā appeals to the moral duty of a spouse to know the other’s truth (satya) beyond suspicion.
After the war and Sītā’s recovery, Rāma’s public stance raises doubt about her purity; Sītā responds with anguish, asserting that their shared life should have established trust.
Sītā’s satya (truthfulness) and self-respect: she insists her inner truth should be evident from lived relationship, not merely external proof.